As someone who both prosecuted and defended in criminal courts before coming to this place, I wish to mention the possession of knives. Does the Secretary of State have an assessment of the effect of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006, which increased the sentence from two years to four years? Does he agree that the best way to deal with knife crime is to deal with the gang culture that leads to the possession of knives?
Rehabilitation and Sentencing
Proceeding contribution from
Rehman Chishti
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 7 December 2010.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Rehabilitation and Sentencing.
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