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“Cultural background” is a term I have used often myself, without I suspect being very clear about what I meant. Is it—as it is to me—a sort of mixture of religion, ethnicity and a whole lot of other life experiences and background? Is it geography? I do not want to tread on the toes of other noble Lords. I am sure I am going to agree with what those who have tabled other amendments in this first group will say. I will mention only the right reverend Prelate, who knows so much about this issue with her experience of women’s centres and so on and has talked very powerfully whenever I have heard her about the appropriate criminal justice response, and prevention, in the case of women in the criminal justice system.