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Justice Secretary Jack Straw has brought forward some hastily drafted amendments to the coroners and justice bill.
But overall, the justice bill is expected to save 2,650 prison places and £80 million.
A forthcoming Justice Bill will also widen powers to seize criminals' assets.
The justice bill includes a compulsory jail term for anyone threatening someone with a knife, he said.
Outlining the justice bill, he said he would reintroduce a mandatory life sentence for "the most serious repeat offenders".
Mr Straw insisted that the powers he would gain from the coroners and justice bill to order secret judicial inquiries would be used only rarely.
Earlier this year Lord Falconer and others proposed an amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill that would have legalised assisting suicide overseas in cases of terminal illness.
Maginness's amendment to the criminal justice bill in Northern Ireland also has the support of the Ulster Unionist justice spokesman Tom Elliott.
Those of us who organised against the criminal justice bill back in 1994 may have been disorganised and dishevelled.
Two weeks ago, four hefty government bills were tabled in the Houses of Parliament, including the coroners and justice bill.
