New Clause 4

Part of Offender Management Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:15 pm on 23 January 2007.

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Photo of Mark Williams Mark Williams Shadow Minister (Wales) 12:15, 23 January 2007

In the absence of my hon. Friend the Member for Cheadle, I was tempted to withdraw the amendment. However, on the basis of the kind remarks by the hon. and learned Member for Harborough, I shall reaffirm briefly what we said earlier: inspiring public confidence in the system will be a huge job. It manifestly does not enjoy a great deal of public confidence now. On that basis, we see no logical reason why an annual report should not be presented to Parliament.