Would the public’s confidence not be served if prisoners served the sentence that was delivered in court, rather than this fabrication whereby the sentence is announced and everybody works out on the back of a fag packet what it actually in means for the sentence that will be served? Why go for two thirds, up from a half—why not have the sentence that was delivered in court by a judge served?
Criminal Law
Proceeding contribution from
Desmond Swayne
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 28 January 2020.
It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Criminal Law.
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