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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-11-20more like thismore than 2023-11-20
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Suspended Sentences more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide specific examples of exceptional circumstances relating to the (a) offence and (b) offender under the proposed duty to impose suspended sentence orders for sentences of 12 months or less in the Sentencing Bill. more like this
tabling member constituency Shipley remove filter
tabling member printed
Philip Davies more like this
uin 2545 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-12-15more like thismore than 2023-12-15
answer text <p>Where the presumption to suspend short sentences applies, the courts will still impose a sentence of immediate custody where there are exceptional circumstances which would justify not passing a suspended sentence.</p><p> </p><p>It will be for the independent judiciary to determine what constitutes exceptional circumstances in this context.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Orpington more like this
answering member printed Gareth Bacon more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-12-15T09:24:23.593Zmore like thismore than 2023-12-15T09:24:23.593Z
answering member
4798
label Biography information for Gareth Bacon more like this
tabling member
1565
label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies more like this