I have spent 16 years of my professional life trying to keep people out of prison. I have also worked within the current sentencing guidelines of six months. I support the Minister. Although I appreciate that this is a technical amendment, the magistrate should have increased sentencing powers—it is in the interests of justice. All my constituents welcome this, and we should be imposing deterrent sentences rather than the incredibly lenient sentences that are often handed out by magistrates because they do not feel that they have sufficient powers or length of sentence to replicate the seriousness of the offences that they are facing.
Judicial Review and Courts Bill
Proceeding contribution from
James Daly
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 January 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Judicial Review and Courts Bill.
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