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Viscount Hailsham (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 19 March 2025

Debate

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Contribution

My Lords, does the Minister agree that, in general, a community sentence should be imposed rather than a custodial one? In that context, would he agree that, in general, and not confined to the cohorts referred to in the guidelines, there should be a pre-sentence report to assist the court in determining whether a defendant is likely to be compliant with a community sentence and also to benefit from one?

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