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These risks are more acute following the establishment of the Defence Serious Crime Command. Its case load is increasingly complex, often involving offences where speed and specialist investigative judgment are essential. Clause 16 responds directly to that operational reality. The noble Baroness asked what triggered the Government to consider the need for change. It was the establishment of the Defence Serious Crime Command, which she was a major part of, and the serious investigations that it undertakes, which caused us to reflect on the need to change some of the arrangements for pre-charge custody.