Member

I want to ask the Minister again about the formal discussions with the Attorney-General, which were referred to at Second Reading. Have they taken place not just with the Attorney-General about the principle but more widely with the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice, the court service, the Probation Service and the Prison Service? Is there an impact assessment for those departments, because it is not covered in the impact assessment for the Bill? Given the current crisis in our criminal justice system, we need to think carefully before moving ahead with this.