Sentencing
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of sentencing guidelines.
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin
The independent Sentencing Council is responsible for the development of sentencing guidelines. The Council regularly evaluates the guidelines to ensure they are operating as intended.
The Government is responsible for sentencing law, and last month we have launched an independent Sentencing Review, chaired by the former Lord Chancellor David Gauke.
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