Criminal Justice and Courts Bill Debate
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Bob Stewart
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Criminal Justice and Courts Bill
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Nick Herbert
My hon. Friend is right to bring me back to my serious point, and I wholly agree with him. That is exactly the way we should go, and that is what I meant by the concept of earned release.
Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con)
I thank my right hon. Friend for making a very good point. I have listened to him carefully. Is it not fairer that a person who has committed a crime should serve two years, say, but that if they do not satisfy proper criteria, the sentence would be three years? The public would then totally understand the sentence.