Steve Yemm
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Sir Nicholas Dakin
The hon. Lady has said what everybody else in this House and outside it is thinking.
Steve Yemm (Mansfield) (Lab)
Does the Minister agree that the Conservatives have some explaining to do, given that the Sentencing Council’s consultation on the guidelines that recommended differing approaches for those from an ethnic minority background was undertaken during the previous Government, that the previous Government was a statutory consultee and that it was welcomed by the Government at the time?
Sir Nicholas Dakin
My hon. Friend is exactly right. The previous Government were fully involved in the consultation, and not only were they fully involved, but they welcomed it.