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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

It would appear that I am in some danger of becoming a repeat offender when it comes to breaching protocol. I apologise to the House. My only concern about the technical amendments in this group is the insertion in Amendment 178ZAZB of the word ““accused”” before the word ““charged””. I appreciate that it is intended to correct what was described as an accidental gap in replicating earlier provisions, but it concerns me that we may apply electronic monitoring to people who have not been charged but merely accused of an offence in another jurisdiction. I wonder whether it is the right approach. Perhaps the noble Lord will want to think further on that. It strikes me as a little odd, in the same way as the previous matter we discussed struck me as odd. I may be entirely wrong but it seems to jar with the notion that a simple accusation would suffice to allow somebody to undergo electronic monitoring.