Serious Crime Bill [Lords]

Does my hon. Friend agree that when something like this is not made clear, it means either that the Government have not made up their own mind as to what they want or that they do not want it to be clear? In the end, the judgment is based not on the Minister's words but on the words in the Bill. I am worried that we are instigating a procedure that is justifiable only on the basis of the normal criminal measurement of guilt, and pretending that it is almost that although it is actually something much less.