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Proceeding contribution from Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 21 June 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Sentencing Reform/Legal Aid.


Sentencing Reform/Legal Aid

I am beginning to wonder whether it was a mistake to separate the Ministry of Justice from the Home Office, because we now seem to have one Ministry for arresting people and another for letting them go. If the right hon. and learned Gentleman wants to get rid of his reputation as a wishy-washy liberal, will he go the whole hog and rename his Bill the ““Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (Hang 'em, Flog 'em and Birch 'em) Bill””. That might satisfy Members on the Conservative Benches.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
530 c182 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Children Care proceedings Crime Employment Legal aid scheme Eligibility Domestic abuse Drugs Foreign nationals Knives Offenders Pensioners Protection Prisons Public consultation Misuse Rehabilitation Sentencing Special educational needs Remand in custody Squatting Victim support schemes Reparation by offenders Government responses Self-defence Community orders
Legislation
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 2010-12
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk