Oral QuestionAttorney General

What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the unduly lenient sentence scheme.

Tabled: 3 May 2018Answered: 10 May 2018

Asked by

Sir Desmond Swayne

ConservativeNew Forest West

Answering Minister

the Attorney General

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Michael Shanks)

Of course the Government follow the regulations that we have put in place quickly, and applications must be considered on a case-by-case basis—that is the way anyone would expect them to be dealt with. I will not say on the Floor of the House any more about those applications, as they are live decisions that will be made in due course by the Department.