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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

Before the Minister loses his train of thought on Amendment No. 6, I should like clarification on something he said that confused me. He suggested that Amendment No. 6 would rule out the ability to bypass the system on the sentencing of certain offences. Does he not accept that Sections 90 and 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, or ““dangerous offender”” sentences under the Criminal Justice Act 2003, cover all the serious and potentially serious violent and sexual offences? Examples are murder, manslaughter, arson, rape, sexual assault, GBH/wounding with intent, firearms/prohibited weapons use/possession/distribution and robbery/assault with intent to rob, domestic burglary/aggravated general burglary and drugs class A to C production/supply/possession with intent to supply. All those things would still stand where they do.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
698 c1000 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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