Clause 11 - Grant and conditions of bail
Criminal Justice Bill
9:30 pm
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome, Liberal Democrat)
I am grateful to the Minister for his reply, which moves us forward. However, it is not entirely satisfactory to remedy a potential breach of the convention on human rights if that introduces a breach of the convention on the rights of the child. There is still a degree of creative tension. My remarks and those of the hon. Member for Beaconsfield were about the provisions that deal with children rather than adults, for whom the issues are more clear cut. However, I think that the Minister's reply was helpful in indicating the circumstances in which he expects the conditions to apply.