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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 19 May 2025

Debate

Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill

Contribution

How can you tailor a community penalty to suit an offender, and have a chance of it working, without a PSR or some kind of expert advice about the disposals and programmes available and about what would suit the offender, including their needs and problems, and, equally, have custody? I really do not think we should be sending people to custody, especially for the first time, without a PSR. I am sorry that I have taken a bit of time, but those are my remarks on the first group.

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