PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(22 May 2025)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that criminal (a) prosecution and (b) sentencing is applied consistently.
Asked by:
Lewis Cocking (Conservative)
Asked by:
Lewis Cocking (Conservative)
Answer
Charging decisions are a matter for the independent Crown Prosecution Service and sentencing is a matter for the independent judiciary, based on the circumstances of individual cases.
Equality before the law is a fundamental principle of our justice system. This Government will protect and defend this.
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