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Written Statements
Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review by Clare Wade KC: Government Response - Thu 20 Jul 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (CON - Cheltenham) Government’s full response to the recommendations made by Clare Wade KC in the independent Domestic Homicide - Speech Link

General Committees
Draft Sentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2023 - Tue 23 Jan 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) in domestic homicide cases to establish whether the law and sentencing guidelines were fit for purpose - Speech Link
2: Kevin Brennan (Lab - Cardiff West) It addresses some of the recommendations in Clare Wade KC’s domestic homicide sentencing review to give - Speech Link

Grand Committee
Sentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2023 - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) The statutory framework for sentencing in murder cases is to be found in Schedule 21 to the Sentencing - Speech Link
2: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) but they provide important statutory reinforcement of the approach that should be made in domestic homicide - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Justice

Mar. 18 2024

Source Page: Year of targeted action to better protect women
Document: Year of targeted action to better protect women (webpage)

Found: Wade’s independent review looked at domestic homicide sentencing, and provided key recommendations for

Public Bill Committees
Criminal Justice Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None Q We will now hear oral evidence from Clare Wade KC, the independent reviewer of domestic homicide sentencing - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Closed consultation)
Department for Transport

May. 15 2024

Source Page: New cycling offences: causing death or serious injury when cycling
Document: (PDF)

Found: was difficult to define, not objective in scope and did not allow for a transparent and consistent sentencing

Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Ministry of Justice

Nov. 27 2023

Source Page: Murder sentencing
Document: Equalities Statement (PDF)

Found: Murder sentencing

Select Committee
Letter dated 24 November 2023 from The Right Honourable Alex Chalk KC MP, Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice, to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, regarding Murder Sentencing Consultation

Correspondence Dec. 05 2023

Committee: Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: Secretary of State for Justice, to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, regarding Murder Sentencing

Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Ministry of Justice

Nov. 27 2023

Source Page: Murder sentencing
Document: Murder sentencing consultation (large print) (PDF)

Found: Murder sentencing

Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Ministry of Justice

Nov. 27 2023

Source Page: Murder sentencing
Document: Murder sentencing consultation (PDF)

Found: Murder sentencing