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Bill Documents
25 Mar 2022 - Briefing papers
Briefing paper on Progress of the Bill
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

Found: Minimum sentences The law cur rently provides for minimum custodial sentences in certain circumstances


Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Feb. 21 2022

Source Page: Better regulation: annual report 2020 to 2021
Document: Better regulation: government’s annual report 2020 to 2021 (revised 21 February 2022) (PDF)

Found: effect of reducing scrap metal theft, which would be an indirect benefit to the wider business community


Commons Chamber
Hare Coursing Bill - Fri 21 Jan 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Richard Fuller (CON - North East Bedfordshire) new offence of going equipped for hare coursing, introduce a power for the police to seize dogs used - Speech Link
2: Neil Hudson (CON - Penrith and The Border) are introducing stronger deterrents for the awful crime that is pet theft. - Speech Link
3: Paul Howell (CON - Sedgefield) sentences are not forthcoming. - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Pow (CON - Taunton Deane) The is the first time that custodial sentences will be available in relation to convictions under the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Lords Hansard - Part 2 - Wed 15 Dec 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (CON - Life peer) Thirdly, he said that was particularly significant in the case of short custodial sentences. - Speech Link
2: None Thirdly, we limited the discretionary scheme to cases involving custodial sentences greater than 30 days - Speech Link
3: None enable the court to make an assessment of the impact of a custodial sentence on the child.”(3) After - Speech Link
4: Lord Bradley (LAB - Life peer) Almost half of the sentences that result in a custodial or community order have no new pre-sentence report - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) Indeed, the stress on the need for information is absolutely crucial.I want to make a very specific point - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Committee stage - Wed 24 Nov 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None This amendment therefore creates a specific criminal offence of desecration of a corpse to address intentional - Speech Link
2: Lord Beith (LDEM - Life peer) theft of a pet animal with a sentence of up to five years’ imprisonment. - Speech Link
3: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (CON - Life peer) ensure that individual sentences are commensurate with the seriousness of the offence. - Speech Link
4: Lord Rosser (LAB - Life peer) Insulate Britain protesters have ended up with custodial sentences under existing legislation.As my noble - Speech Link


Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2019-21: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Nov. 18 2021

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: disability hate crime a specific criminal offence https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/260045



Lords Chamber
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Lords Hansard - part one - Wed 03 Nov 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: None person guilty of an offence under section 8A (pet theft) (as inserted by section (Offence of pet theft - Speech Link
2: None There is a wide sense among lawyers that the Theft Act does not deal adequately with the offence of pet - Speech Link
3: None It reported in May 2021 and recommended that there be a new offence of pet theft. - Speech Link
4: Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (CON - Life peer) Your Lordships might ask why we should create such an offence when a simple pet theft offence might suffice - Speech Link
5: Lord Dholakia (LDEM - Life peer) shop theft that results in a custodial situation. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Committee stage - Wed 20 Oct 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: None Currently there is no power for the directly elected mayor or the police and crime commissioner to make - Speech Link
2: None qualified person.(4) In each and every case where the alleged offence takes place in a custodial environment - Speech Link
3: Earl Attlee (CON - Excepted Hereditary) It makes it an offence within the custodial environment for anyone to intercept their own relevant substance - Speech Link
4: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) Member for Rother Valley about pet theft—of which more on another day. - Speech Link
5: None specific offence of potting, which would carry a maximum penalty of six months’ imprisonment on summary - Speech Link


Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
HM Revenue & Customs

Oct. 06 2021

Source Page: General rules to determine the origin your products for trade between the UK and EU
Document: full Trade and Cooperation Agreement text (PDF)

Found: listed in Annex 45; (f) "serious crime" means any offence punishable by a custodial sen tence or