Criminal Justice and Courts Bill Debate
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Robert Buckland
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Criminal Justice and Courts Bill
Robert Buckland Excerpts(10 years, 9 months ago)
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Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con)
Will my right hon. Friend ensure that when this streamlined procedure is adopted, pre-hearing consultations take place with defendants about their ability to pay a fine? A proper written means test would enable realistic fines to be imposed, and to be much easier to collect than fines imposed by means of an exercise that would be theoretical without such information.
Chris Grayling
That is a very good point, which we should certainly take on board.