Criminal Proceedings
The question
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.
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin
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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