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Parliament is being asked to expand suspended sentences without meaningful clarity on how offenders will be safely managed in the community. The amendments call for government transparency and practical detail before sweeping new powers are approved. These are sweeping powers, so we must answer several questions. Are they enforceable? Are they practical? Are they affordable? Are they realistic? Will they put too much resource-intensive pressure on the hospitality sector, already under huge strain to become de facto agents of the criminal justice system—a point the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, mentioned—by policing these policies and proposals?