Crime and Policing Bill

Debate between Lord Carter of Haslemere and Baroness Levitt
Baroness Levitt Portrait Baroness Levitt (Lab)
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Can the noble Baroness imagine just how unpopular I would be if I committed to an absolute timeframe? What I can say is that I hope she will take it from me that I regard this as important. The meetings with the noble Baroness, Lady Bertin, have started. This matters but we need to get it right.

Lord Carter of Haslemere Portrait Lord Carter of Haslemere (CB)
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Will this review—yet another review—take place before Report? The Bill is before us, so once Report has passed, it will be too late to have the review. This is not something that we can leave until it is too late. Can we at least have an assurance that Report will be timed in a way that enables the Minister to come back and say, “This review has happened, and this is what we’re going to do”?

Baroness Levitt Portrait Baroness Levitt (Lab)
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I entirely understand the sentiments. I cannot commit to that today, but I will take the point away.