Written question asked by Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) on Monday, 30 October 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 November 2017. It was answered by Robert Buckland (Conservative) on Friday, 10 November 2017 on behalf of the Attorney General.
Sentencing: Appeals
- Question
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To ask the Attorney General, if he will extend the range of offences for which an unduly lenient sentence may be referred to the Court of Appeal to include stalking, under section 4(1)(a) of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, and coercive control, under section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015.
- Answer
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The Government re-committed in our manifesto that we will extend the scope of the unduly lenient scheme. As a first step, an extension of the scheme to further terrorism offences came into effect in August.
We are considering with the Lord Chancellor how further to fulfil our commitment to extending the scheme.
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- Reference
- 110251
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Appeals Domestic abuse Sentencing Stalking
- Legislation
- Protection from Harassment Act 1997
- Serious Crime Act 2015
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