Frankly, it allows our independent judiciary and magistrates, sitting throughout the country, to make decisions based on the individual circumstances of the case. I think it still allows them to impose an immediate custodial sentence in the vast majority of circumstances. I have read out the legal test, which can be applied any which way we want.
Sentencing Bill
Proceeding contribution from
James Daly
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 6 December 2023.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Sentencing Bill.
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