Written question asked by Baroness Gould of Potternewton (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 31 January 2018. It was answered by Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) on Wednesday, 31 January 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Sentencing

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their decision to extend the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme to give the public the right to ask for tougher sentences for nine further terror-related offences, whether they intend to extend that scheme to cases of other serious crime.

Answer: The Government extended the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme to a range of terrorism offences in response to the review of counter-terrorism powers that followed the London and Manchester attacks. This was the first step in meeting the commitment to consider the extension of the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme The Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General are currently considering how the scheme could be extended more generally.

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