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Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill

Much has been made of sentencing—rightly—but if a conviction is not gained first, all the sentencing guidelines in the world will not make a blind bit of difference. During her discussions with my right hon. Friend the Member for Swansea, West (Mr. Williams) in Committee, my hon. Friend must ensure that one of the Bill’s purposes is to make convictions as easy as possible to secure, consistent with the burden of proof and standards of evidence.