Member

We are deeply disappointed by the rejection of our amendment to exempt the most dangerous offenders from the proposed new early release scheme. This amendment was supported by all non-government parties in the other place, including the Green Party, Reform, independents, Plaid Cymru, a Labour rebel and, notably, the Liberal Democrats. Every single Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament present voted in favour of this amendment, yet in your Lordships’ House every single Liberal Democrat Peer voted against it. That is a sudden and complete reversal in position that is difficult to comprehend.