Catherine Atkinson

Catherine Atkinson

Labour — Derby North

Speaking in the House of Commons on 30 April 2025

Debate

Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill

Contribution

Pre-sentence reports, as the Minister has set out, are important in considering punishments that can address offending behaviour and help reduce the likelihood of reoffending. But, very often, probation is stretched so thin that officers do not have time to complete them. What will the Minister do to ensure that, where a pre-sentence report is required, probation has the capacity to do that important work?

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