Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

Lord Quirk Excerpts

Wednesday 14th March 2012 Lords Chamber

[Lord Quirk]

My Lords, I very much support the amendment. As the noble Lord, Lord Newton, reminded us, communication is by no means dependent solely on ears and eyes. It is multisensory and—as the noble Lord, Lord Phillips, hinted earlier—the greater one’s need, the more senses one needs for satisfactory communication. I hope very much that the Government will accept the amendment.

[Lord Campbell of Alloway]

My Lords, I will take very little time. I am very concerned about the situation, for all the reasons that were given—and that were put better than I could have put them. I ask only that consideration be given, and an assurance of further consideration, so that this proposal will not simply be cast away in some form of dismissal. That is all I ask for: an assurance that consideration will be given.