Information since 6 Apr 2024, 1:53 p.m.
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16th May 2024 | Amendment Paper | Notices of Amendments as at 16 May 2024 |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Community Sentences (Justice and Home Affairs Committee Report)
23 speeches (11,647 words) Friday 26th July 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The Sentencing Bill of 2023 would have imposed a duty on courts to suspend short sentences of 12 months - Link to Speech |
Victims and Prisoners Bill
30 speeches (5,490 words) Consideration of Lords amendments Friday 24th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: None I regret that in the wash-up we do not have the Sentencing Bill, because that would have taken many more - Link to Speech |
Arrests and Prison Capacity
7 speeches (898 words) Wednesday 22nd May 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) I mentioned the Sentencing Bill and we will also further the 20,000 portfolio. - Link to Speech |
Criminal Justice Bill
131 speeches (46,794 words) Report stage (day 1) Wednesday 15th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Robert Neill (Con - Bromley and Chislehurst) overcrowding in our prisons, the Government and the business managers need to get a grip and bring the Sentencing - Link to Speech |
End of Custody Supervised Licence Scheme: Extension
21 speeches (1,871 words) Monday 13th May 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord German (LD - Life peer) Has the Minister any news on the Sentencing Bill and the Government’s proposals for people with sentences - Link to Speech 2: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I am not in a position to update the House at the moment on the Sentencing Bill, except to - Link to Speech |
Business of the House
84 speeches (10,313 words) Thursday 9th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) I notice that there is nothing in the upcoming business on the Sentencing Bill, which is quite a surprise - Link to Speech 2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) I shall certainly make sure that the Lord Chancellor has heard what she says about the Sentencing Bill - Link to Speech |
End of Custody Supervised Licence: Extension
23 speeches (3,023 words) Wednesday 8th May 2024 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Robert Neill (Con - Bromley and Chislehurst) the purpose of prison, and perhaps we could start with the Minister committing to bringing back the sentencing - Link to Speech 2: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) There are currently measures before Parliament, for example in the Sentencing Bill, that offer the House - Link to Speech |
Life Sentences: Public Understanding
7 speeches (4,794 words) Tuesday 30th April 2024 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) Friend acknowledged in his speech.We are going further still, and the Sentencing Bill will ensure that - Link to Speech |
Business of the House
105 speeches (11,213 words) Thursday 25th April 2024 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) I was about to ask why legislation such as the Criminal Justice Bill and the Sentencing Bill is not coming - Link to Speech |
Business of the House
100 speeches (12,537 words) Thursday 18th April 2024 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Kevin Brennan (Lab - Cardiff West) The Sentencing Bill is nowhere to be seen; in effect it is now the suspended sentencing Bill. - Link to Speech |
Written Answers |
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Probation Service: Staff
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley) Friday 24th May 2024 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of provisions in the Sentencing Bill on the number of new probation officers required. Answered by Gareth Bacon - Shadow Minister (Justice) It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation. |
Sexual Offences: Sentencing
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon) Monday 20th May 2024 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure serious sex offenders serve their entire sentence in custody. Answered by Gareth Bacon - Shadow Minister (Justice) Unlike Labour, who in Government reduced the prison time served by all Standard Determinate Sentence prisoners (including rapists and serious violent offenders) from two thirds of their sentence to half, we have taken a robust approach to increasing both the sentence length of rapists and the proportion of that sentence served in prison.
Average sentence length for adult rapists has increased by over 40% since 2010, from around 6.5 years to over 9.5 years. We have also reversed Labour’s changes, so that rapists and other serious sexual offenders currently serve two thirds of that time behind bars. But we are now going further. The Sentencing Bill, introduced on 14 November, will ensure that rapists and serious sexual offenders serve their full custodial term in prison, before being released on a fixed licence period, which is critical for public protection and in reducing reoffending.
Offenders convicted of certain serious sex offences, including rape, which carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment will no longer receive a standard determinate sentence with automatic or discretionary early release by the Parole Board. Instead, these offenders will now get an Extended Determinate Sentence (EDS) or a Sentence for Offenders of Particular Concern (SOPC).
The Bill also alters the release arrangements for these offences so that they will now serve the entirety of the appropriate custodial term in custody, with no referral to the Parole Board at the two-thirds point. |
Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency |
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Jul. 18 2024
Government Legal Department Source Page: Government Legal Department Annual Report and Accounts 2023–24 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: • Working to deliver the Victims and Prisoners Bill, the Sentencing Bill and the Criminal Justice |
May. 09 2024
Government Legal Department Source Page: GLD Business Plan 2024–25 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: following the successful passage of the Procurement Act 2023 • deliver the Criminal Justice Bill, the Sentencing |
Deposited Papers |
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Monday 22nd April 2024
Source Page: I. List of ministerial responsibilities. 88p. II. List of non-ministerial departments and executive agencies. 22p. III. Letter dated 19/04/2024 from Alex Burghart MP to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding documents for deposit, and copying them for deposit in the House libraries. 1p. Document: APRIL_2024_List_of_Ministerial_Responsibilities.pdf (PDF) Found: 70Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Gareth Bacon MP Responsibilities include: ● Sentencing Policy ● Sentencing |