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I also have Amendment 6 in this group. As my noble friend said, we spent some time trying to understand what are characteristics and what are circumstances. There is sometimes quite a grey line between the two, and there are of course factors which may be both. My noble friend has referred to pregnancy. I realised after I had tabled the amendment that better than “an assessment which would be beneficial” would be “an assessment which would be suitable”—“suitable” being the word used in the sentencing code—or “appropriate”, which is a very good catch-all term. However, my point is clear enough.