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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 February 2026
Debate
Victims and Courts BillContribution
It is also important that any compensation order is not a civil debt. It ends up as a criminal sanction with a penalty for failure to pay and a sentence in default in cases worth more than £20,000. By making a compensation order, you are, in effect, converting what is a civil penalty, or civil “compensation” in the terms of the amendment, into a criminal sanction with no real justification.
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