Member

The noble Lord has also tabled amendments requiring venues to be notified of any ban. I appreciate what this amendment is trying to achieve but gently say that it is unnecessary. The duty to comply rests with the offender, and enforcement rests with the Probation Service. We do not believe it would be appropriate to place, even by implication, a burden of enforcement on hard-working businesses. As I have already noted, probation officers are responsible for supervising offenders serving their sentences in the community and taking enforcement action where necessary, and they are skilled and experienced in doing so. I am glad that we have had the opportunity to discuss these amendments today. I hope I have given noble Lords greater clarity about how these amendments will be both imposed and enforced, and I ask the noble Lord to withdraw his amendment.