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My noble friend’s amendment would also require the Government to lay out the data on reoffending for those on community and suspended sentence orders. Many noble Lords spoke against the list of offenders being exempt from Clause 1 that we proposed on the first day in Committee. Most notably, it was argued that repeat offenders are unlikely to fall under the presumption provided for by the Bill. The publication of data under this amendment would ensure that this is in fact the case; if it is not, the public are entitled to know that.