My Lords, I hope that when the Minister responds to this debate, he can put away the departmental brief and respond to two simple questions. The first is whether he accepts that the present system is unacceptable. The second, which the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, posed, is: what will the Government do about it? This is not a new problem. The Government have had years to think about the options and to consider what to do. The noble Lord is already a very distinguished Minister of Justice. Can he say what the Government will now do to address a manifest injustice?
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Pannick
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 15 November 2021.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
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