Member

The Minister, despite being a very decent and reasonable man, will reject these amendments as technically flawed, which they are, but he knows that the principle of what I have been saying is absolutely right, even if he cannot say so. I suggest that by the time we get to Report, he will need to synthesise these amendments and the other amendments we have coming from noble Lords, combine our different ideas, add in the conclusions from the Home Office consultation, which I think is still out at this moment or may be concluded, and come up with a couple of new clauses to deal with this scourge. He needs to come back with a coherent suite of government amendments. He has two months to do that, and I suspect that, if he does not, not just me but some other noble Lords will wish to come up with their own new clauses, some of which will pass. I beg to move.