Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill Debate

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Lord Dholakia

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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

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Abu Qatada
Tuesday 7th February 2012

(12 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord McNally Portrait Lord McNally
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Certainly, but the noble Lord, Lord Elystan-Morgan, makes my point. There are responsibilities already in previous legislation that make these amendments unnecessary. As always, I will check. I am sure that his memory is accurate, but if not I will write a correcting letter. In the mean time, with the offer of some talks on the amendment, I hope that the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, will withdraw it.

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Will the Minister consider the possibility of a code of practice on how such reports are produced and give some guidance to the probation service so that this matter can be resolved without necessarily any recourse to legislation?

Lord McNally Portrait Lord McNally
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That is an interesting and helpful intervention from my noble friend, which I will take away and consider.

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