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“Do any of the other witnesses have any comment to make about that?”

“Thank you very much. I just wondered whether we were all working at cross-purposes in different areas and doing all sorts of different things in different schemes.”

“Can I stress test that a bit? Is that where somebody has come from area A and they have returned to area A and lost their accommodation? It might have been social housing or whatever. Is that what you are talking about, where somebody has come back into their own area and they are not able to pick up on their accommoda…”

“That would be helpful. Could you elucidate on some of the barriers faced by people who are trying to access something in the way of more long-term housing? You have identified some things. Looking at that, whether it is social housing, supported housing, or private rented accommodation, I recognise there is heat in the…”

“I want to look at your experience of the other end, if you like, where local authorities offer incentives to private landlords and accommodation for ex-offenders through local authorities and other Government support that might be available. How do you feel that is working in reality?”

“Indeed; I was going to ask you about that next.”

“Can you expand on that a little?”

“Yes.”

“Oh, do they?”

“It is not related.”

“Okay. I noticed that you, Andrew, were nodding a little more vigorously.”

“When women have children and they are reunited with their family perhaps, does different stuff come into play?”

“Is the situation different, or maybe the statistics are different, for women coming out of prison? Is there a difference, or does everybody get treated equally?”

“I accept the Minister’s assurance that she is going to get her skates on, so I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clauses 25 and 26 ordered to stand part of the Bill.”

“It is a pleasure to serve with you as Chair, Sir Roger. Amendment 30 removes the exemption for journalism from the offence of misleading the public, showing that no one, including journalists or public officials writing in a journalistic capacity—including in internal newsletters—can avoid accountability for knowingly …”

“I beg to move amendment 30, in clause 11, page 10, line 4, leave out paragraph (b).”

“Does the Minister feel that this provision might actually lead to some clarity about the amount of money that is spent by local authorities on defending themselves and their position, and the actions that they may have taken? It is almost impossible to get them to cough up. They just say, “Oh, well, it’s business as us…”

“I previously asked for some clarity on coroners. I accept the position on His Majesty’s chief coroner, and the Minister confirmed about His Majesty’s area coroner. I presume senior coroners are also included in that remit, but I want to be very clear, because they are the people who very often see exactly what is happe…”

“I have had discussions with the Minister about the Bill’s relationship with the families of those who are deceased, and I am rather hopeful that she will consider new clause 5. It has been implied that people who are seriously injured or survivors are included in the Bill, but I would like to be very specific about tha…”

“I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendment made: 5, Clause 11, page 10, line 4, at end insert “by— (i) a recognised news publisher, within the meaning of Part 3 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (see section 56 of that Act), or (ii) a person in the course of working for such a p…”