Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:45 pm on 16 October 2007.
Sally Dickinson: We take a slightly different approach in that we would like to see the resources made available before the measure is implemented. It would make things very difficult for magistrates if they were told, “Find out whether the resources are available in your area before thinking about using this.” Magistrates sitting in one area of the country may have the resources, while those in another area may not. That does not seem to be a fair way of proceeding. We would like to see the resources identified beforehand.