Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

“What steps his Department is taking to reform sentencing.”

Tabled: 12 May 2021Answered: 18 May 2021

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

Mr Lammy

My hon. Friend has taken up these issues time and again in the House. Let me make it clear that the expansion we have seen this year is entirely unacceptable—it is more than the last 20 years combined. We are keeping these issues under review and, of course, I raised them with Prime Minister Netanyahu when I saw him in Israel.