PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Sentencing: Appeals (14 September 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Attorney General, whether there are plans to review the nature and type of offences that are capable of referral to the Court of Appeal on the grounds of leniency of sentencing.

Asked by:
Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru)

Answer

The Government has committed to extending the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme and is carefully considering its approach.


Answered by:
Sir Robert Buckland (Conservative)
10 October 2016

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