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Speaking in the House of Lords on 5 February 2026
Debate
Crime and Policing BillContribution
Research by Becky Clarke and Patrick Williams at the Manchester Metropolitan University shows that nearly £250 million is spent every year on prosecuting defendants in joint enterprise cases. About a thousand people a year are convicted under joint enterprise cases and the total future punishment costs of those convictions are about £1.2 billion, so this large number of convictions has an expensive cost implication.
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