Independent Sentencing Review

Debate between Tristan Osborne and Judith Cummins
Thursday 22nd May 2025

(1 month, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Judith Cummins Portrait Madam Deputy Speaker (Judith Cummins)
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I call Tristan Osborne for the last question on this statement.

Tristan Osborne Portrait Tristan Osborne (Chatham and Aylesford) (Lab)
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Leaving the best until last, Madam Deputy Speaker.

As a former police officer, I can say that community payback works. Does the Lord Chancellor agree with me and many of my colleagues in the criminal justice system that rehabilitation of offenders, including filling potholes and clearing fly tipping, is popular, not only in Chatham and Aylesford but in Newark and across the country?