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Gloria De Piero

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Personal Independence Payment
Tuesday 23rd January 2018

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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As I am sure my hon. Friend is aware, the Government committed in their manifesto to consider the extension of the scope of the unduly lenient sentence scheme. My right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney General is reviewing that.

Gloria De Piero Portrait Gloria De Piero (Ashfield) (Lab)
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We all know that, too often, victims are failed by the criminal justice system. That is presumably why, in 2015, the Conservatives matched Labour’s manifesto commitment to enshrine victims’ rights in a victims law. It is three years on. Can Ministers give me a single good reason why it has not happened?

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