The submitters to the Justice Committee ranged from the very young to the less young, and I thank them all for their contribution, as have other members of the select committee. The victims' perspective was almost universally, or perhaps universally, that they were perplexed by the fact of this bill being passed, not only in the sense of the priority relative to the legislative programme of the Government but also in relation to the way that they felt that their place in the criminal justice system and society was adversely reflected by what this bill represents.