On knife crime, I do not know whether my right hon. Friend saw the Lord Chancellor's helpful and entertaining evidence to the Select Committee on Home Affairs when he seemed to reject the idea of mandatory sentences for knife crime for those aged under 18? That was changed within 24 hours. Does my right hon. Friend accept that we need sufficient time to debate that important change? We welcome it, but it would be good to know what is behind the Government's thinking.
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Keith Vaz
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 31 October 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
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