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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 7 January 2026
Debate
Crime and Policing BillContribution
The penalties proposed—a maximum of 12 months’ imprisonment on summary conviction, and up to five years on indictment—are calibrated to reflect the seriousness and prevalence of the conduct and to give the courts the flexibility to distinguish between lower- level offending and the more organised, industrial- scale identity-harvesting operations that we increasingly see.
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