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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 26 November 2025
Debate
Sentencing BillContribution
Amendments 4, 16, 5 and 17 in my name all concern exemptions in Clause 1 relating to risk of harm. As currently drafted, the presumption in favour of a suspended sentence may be disapplied only where failing to impose immediate custody would put a particular individual at significant risk of harm. This sets far too narrow and dangerous a threshold.
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