Member

Through the implementation of the Sentencing Act, this Government are putting the prison population on a sustainable footing, ending the cycle of repeated crises presided over by the party opposite when it was in government. Any amendments to this legislation risk this pathway to stability. I hope it will reassure noble Lords that, once released, offenders will be subject to a period of intense supervision, with a presumption that they will be electronically tagged; the highest-risk offenders will continue to be actively supervised until the end of their sentence; and all offenders will remain on licence, with the possibility of recall to custody if they breach the terms of it. I am extremely grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Russell, for outlining his conversation with my noble friend Lord Timpson about this. I therefore invite the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen, to withdraw his amendment.