Member

Clearly, it is not in the natural scope of the Bill for me to attempt to bind the Government’s or Parliament’s hands to legislate to reverse austerity—more’s the pity—or to have PSRs in every case, but I certainly think that sentencing guidelines dealing with PSRs should be allowed to encourage, and should generally encourage, sentencers to think very seriously about trying to get a PSR before someone is given a community penalty or custodial sentence for the first time.