UK Borders Bill

It is important that the penalty is the same regardless of whether the description of events varies in some regard. I think the noble Lord now understands where we are, but I shall try to clarify the position. The offence will continue until we introduce custody plus at some point in the future. We are not parking the offence so that no penalties will apply. It will carry on regardless, but at some later point we will introduce custody plus. It is sensible to do so and to ensure that it works well. I hope that clarifies things. If the noble Lord is not satisfied with that, we will come back as part of wrapping up details and with data about the number of assaults, convictions and so on. I shall elucidate further in the correspondence.