Report Oct. 25 2023
Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)Found: Mandatory life sentences for those who kill an emergency worker in the course of their dutySection
Mentions:
1: Christina Rees (IND - Neath) “Ryan’s Law: Widen definition of ‘death by dangerous driving’”, opened on 2 March 2021 and closed on - Speech Link
2: Cherilyn Mackrory (CON - Truro and Falmouth) they set up the petition calling for Ryan’s law, whereby the definition of death by dangerous driving - Speech Link
Found: 9 2.5 Stakeholder views 10 Violet -Grace’s Law 10 Drivers’ views 10 Road safety campaign groups
Mentions:
1: Helen Jones (LAB - Warrington North) The petition calls for life sentences for causing death by dangerous driving.To lose a child is the worst - Speech Link
2: Gareth Johnson (CON - Dartford) Although we need a change in the law to make life sentences available for death by dangerous driving, - Speech Link
3: Helen Jones (LAB - Warrington North) causing death by dangerous driving from 14 years to life. - Speech Link
4: Marie Rimmer (LAB - St Helens South and Whiston) the law to be changed and for a sentence that fits the crime: “Life sentences for Death by Dangerous - Speech Link
5: Helen Jones (LAB - Warrington North) causing death by dangerous driving to life. - Speech Link
Violet-Grace’s Law - Life sentences for Death by Dangerous Driving
- Final Signatures: 167,506
The men who killed our daughter drove a stolen a car at 83 mph in a 30 mph zone. They killed our 4-year-old daughter Violet-Grace and severely injured her nan, who has life-changing injuries. They will serve less time in prison than Violet was alive. I don’t want other families to suffer like this.
Debate: This petition was debated in Westminster Hall on 8th July 2019
The Government responsed to this petition on 25th February 2019 (View Full Response)Found: In October 2017, the Government promised life sentences for death by dangerous driving.
Mentions:
1: Ellie Reeves (LAB - Lewisham West and Penge) Friend agree that the disparity between sentences for manslaughter and sentences for death by dangerous - Speech Link
2: Kevin Brennan (LAB - Cardiff West) for causing death by dangerous driving had been handed out in recent years. - Speech Link
3: Kevin Brennan (LAB - Cardiff West) causing death by dangerous driving. - Speech Link
4: Kevin Brennan (LAB - Cardiff West) causing death by dangerous driving. - Speech Link
5: Kevin Brennan (LAB - Cardiff West) causing death by dangerous driving. - Speech Link
6: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) causing death by dangerous driving. - Speech Link
7: Kevin Brennan (LAB - Cardiff West) causing death by dangerous driving. - Speech Link
8: Conor McGinn (LAB - St Helens North) by dangerous driving know that they will be dealt with harshly by the law. - Speech Link