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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for her intervention. Let me have another go at explaining it. The code is not in itself a statute. Once you go down the route of having a code…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI am extremely grateful for that important intervention. As a number of noble Lords pointed out, although from various quarters adults can—sometimes quite vociferously—speak for…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillThe Government’s view is, first, that there is no need to go down this route at all, because the present structure of the code under the existing legislation creates statutory…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken to this group of amendments. The Government appreciate the considerable work that goes into preparing amendments and arguments…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, if I may say so, what one should put in the Bill and in the code are matters of judgment and balance. In relation to restorative justice, which we are on, there have…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I think we will come to the “must”/“should” point a bit later when we discuss the amendments proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti. If I may, I will deal with…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, as the noble and right reverend Lord invites me, I will look again at that evidence and the whole argument. However, in relation to this aspect, noble Lords should be…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, for his question. I would obviously not dream of making any procedural point, as it is a very fair question. I do not think it is…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I may be as underinformed as anyone but my understanding is that the classic case of restorative justice is that once there has been a prosecution and a conviction,…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI shall not be attempting to answer the email that has not yet come through until it does, but my general answer to the noble Baroness is that the whole thrust of the Bill is that…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Coussins, for raising this important topic. I join in the general commendation of the way in which she presented her amendments and the…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank all speakers in this debate. Like others, I particularly salute Poppy and her story. The whole purpose and point of the Bill is that the system should function…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI recognise the nature of the problem. The modern versions of AI, or whatever generation of technology we are talking about, have opened up recent possibilities for us. Of course,…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI am very grateful for those interventions. I have personally seen this in operation in Manchester, but it may have been that the court had particular availability of rooms that…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, it is heartening to hear a story with a happy ending in one respect, as we are generally dealing with unhappy or less happy outcomes. This Government are very much in…31 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI certainly take that into account. I again think that we collectively need to understand a little more about what the Criminal Justice Bill progressing through the other place is…24 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, of course I am prepared to meet the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and any other noble Lords on this point to discuss it further. There is certainly a point about the…24 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords very sincerely for their most moving and constructive speeches. I will first respond to the invitation of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, to…24 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this very important debate on how we assist, support, improve, validate and value children who have suffered various…24 Jan 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI entirely accept that point. I have in my own family direct experience of a similar situation. That particular individual had already committed a number of crimes and there was a…24 Jan 2024