Incidentally, one of Mr Grayling's first acts in his new post was to commission a report on current knife crime laws - perhaps the fruits of that report may appear when the bill moves over to the Commons.

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But Baroness Linklater of Butterstone said the new law was "unnecessary" and "inappropriate" because knife crime was falling, suggesting the current sentencing framework was working "appropriately".

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