So I asked the Minister why she was doing this in the absence of any evidence, and she replied that "Well, clearly there is evidence, because violent crime has not decreased since this bill has been introduced.", and, secondly, that "Because there has been a stark rise in sexual offending since this bill has been introduced, therefore it hasn't worked." I haven't heard such an infantile argument put forward by a Minister of Justice in my life, which is to say, "Behold, violent crime hasn't decreased since the introduction of this bill."—therefore, three strikes hadn't worked. 