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Select Committee
Tenth Report - Public opinion and understanding of sentencing

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

Westminster Hall
Road Traffic Offences: Fatal Collisions - Mon 15 Nov 2021
Department for Transport

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

Parliamentary Research
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Part 5 Road Traffic - CBP-9166
Mar. 12 2021

Found: 9 2.5 Stakeholder views 10 Violet -Grace’s Law 10 Drivers’ views 10 Road safety campaign groups

Westminster Hall
Dangerous Driving - Mon 08 Jul 2019
Ministry of Justice

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

Closed Petition closed 15th August 2019

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)
Driving offences can have devastating consequences for victims and their loved ones. Sentencing in individual cases is always a matter for the courts, which are independent.
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Found: In October 2017, the Government promised life sentences for death by dangerous driving.

Westminster Hall
Dangerous Driving involving Death: Sentencing - Tue 17 Oct 2017
Ministry of Justice

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