Offender Management Bill

I apologise, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I am seeking to agree with amendment No. 14, so I beg to move, That this House agrees with the Lords in the said amendment. In tabling amendment (a), which will amends Lords amendment No. 35, I have indicated that we are moving to accept the principle of parliamentary scrutiny, which the other place requested. Originally, we proposed that the orders should not be subject to parliamentary scrutiny. I have now decided that such scrutiny is appropriate, and I have indicated that the order should be subject to the negative rather than the affirmative procedure. We have moved some way towards the other place’s general wishes on such matters.