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I point out that, in April, a coalition of 22 civil society groups including Amnesty International, Liberty, Quakers in Britain, Homeless Link and, of course, Friends, Families and Travellers, wrote to the Policing Minister in the other place calling for what this amendment does, essentially. The noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, has already made these points, but it is worth noting that the High Court has previously ruled that parts of this Act to which this amendment relates are incompatible with the Human Rights Act. The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, the Joint Committee on Human Rights, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights have all raised concerns or made formal recommendations to the UK Government.