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General Committees
Draft Sentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2023 - Tue 23 Jan 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) in domestic homicide cases to establish whether the law and sentencing guidelines were fit for purpose - Speech Link
2: Kevin Brennan (Lab - Cardiff West) It addresses some of the recommendations in Clare Wade KC’s domestic homicide sentencing review to give - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Criminal Justice Bill (Tenth sitting)
Committee stage: 10th sitting - Thu 18 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) that it is a significant risk factor for future abuse and that it is a known risk factor in domestic homicide - Speech Link
2: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) More recently, they were extended to terrorist offenders under the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act - Speech Link
3: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) If, in sentencing, the judge made an express reference to the offending being in the course of terrorism - Speech Link
4: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) It is about looking at the sentencing remarks and what the judge, who heard all the evidence and sat - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 15 Jan 2024
Home Office
Public Bill Committees
Criminal Justice Bill (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Thu 11 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) is six months in prison, absent exceptional circumstances—we tightened that up in the Police, Crime, Sentencing - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Criminal Justice Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Thu 11 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) to be sold knives; we have heard about all kinds of tragic examples of them using knives to commit homicide - Speech Link
2: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) Therefore I think that we would already be looking at a more serious form of sentencing if we were into - Speech Link
3: None and seizure without warrant): armed forces.Government new clause 12—Powers to compel attendance at sentencing - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 09 Jan 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) What I am also able to say is that in those tragic cases that result in a fatality, the Homicide Service - Speech Link
2: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham, Ladywood) is a four-year-old announcement dressed up as something new and, given the extensive changes in the Sentencing - Speech Link
3: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) The Sentencing Bill, which is cracking down on the worst offenders by extending whole-life orders for - Speech Link
4: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) This is an important point: the sentencing levels are much higher—up by 30% compared with 2010. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
2nd reading - Mon 18 Dec 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (XB - Life peer) We have a sentencing code that is about an inch thick. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Newcastle (Bshp - Bishops) consequences of some welcome aspects of this Bill in regard to parental access to children when a domestic homicide - Speech Link
3: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) Its principal recommendation was a re-sentencing exercise. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) It relates to particular sentencing plans for particular prisoners, so that they have an individual sentencing - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Criminal Justice Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None Q We will now hear oral evidence from Clare Wade KC, the independent reviewer of domestic homicide sentencing - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Criminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) Q I think that some of that is in the Sentencing Bill, which is running in tandem with this legislation.The - Speech Link
2: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) Fine, there is some change to sentencing, but you have to appreciate how few people get as far as sentencing - Speech Link
3: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) If grooming is involved, it is already taken into account as an aggravating factor in sentencing. - Speech Link
4: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) The first is clause 22, which compels a defendant to attend court for sentencing. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Sentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2023 - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) The statutory framework for sentencing in murder cases is to be found in Schedule 21 to the Sentencing - Speech Link
2: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) but they provide important statutory reinforcement of the approach that should be made in domestic homicide - Speech Link