Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that the Bill is not intended to be an exhaustive list of the instances where a court can find that aggravating circumstances apply? The last thing that we want is for a court to say that an incident is not covered by the Bill and therefore cannot find it to be an aggravated offence, because the perpetrator might then receive a lesser sentence than they would now.
Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Gareth Johnson
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 27 April 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill.
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