Oral QuestionDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

“If he will use his powers under the Enterprise Act 2002 to intervene in the takeover bid for GKN by Melrose.”

Tabled: 2 March 2018Answered: 13 March 2018

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Alex Davies-Jones)

A victims’ representative was on the panel that conducted the independent sentencing review, which gathered views from victims and survivors. I personally met a number of victims and victim groups and fed their views directly back to David Gauke. Those serving sentences for more serious sexual and violent offences will spend at least 50% of their sentence in custody.