Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps taking to include Desecration of War Memorials Bill provisions in the Sentencing Green Paper.

Any vandalism or attack on property should be met with the full force of the law. Attacking any memorial is an insult, and this is particularly true of a war memorial commemorating those who have given their lives fighting for our freedom.

The Government has stated in the Sentencing White Paper, A Smarter Approach to Sentencing, that it is currently reviewing the law in this area to ensure that where memorials are damaged or desecrated, the courts are able to sentence appropriately at every level for this particular type of offending.