Moved by
Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames
16: After Clause 31, insert the following new Clause—
“Review of sections 1 to 31
(1) The Secretary of State must arrange for an independent review of the impact of sections 1 to 31 of this Act to be carried out in relation to the initial one-year period.
(2) The Secretary of State must, after consultation with the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, appoint a person with professional experience relating to imprisonment for offences of terrorism to conduct the review.
(3) The review under subsection (1) must consider but is not limited to considering any evidence as to any effects of this Act—
(a) by the imposition of longer prison sentences upon the reform or rehabilitation of those offenders on whom they are imposed;
(b) upon the reform or rehabilitation of those offenders required to serve a greater proportion of their sentences in prison and a correspondingly smaller proportion on licence;
(c) upon the radicalisation of prisoners other than those upon whom longer prison sentences are imposed or who are required to serve a greater proportion of their sentences in prison;
(d) on the degree to which those prisoners upon whom a serious terrorist sentence is imposed are segregated from other prisoners.
(4) The review must be completed as soon as practicable after the end of the initial one-year period.
(5) As soon as practicable after a person has carried out the review in relation to a particular period, the person must—
(a) produce a report of the outcome of the review, and
(b) send a copy of the report to the Secretary of State.
(6) The Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a copy of the report under subsection (5)(b) within one month of receiving the report.
(7) In this section, “initial one-year period” means the period of one year beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This Clause would require an independent review of the impact of sections 1 to 31 of the Act after one year, with particular attention to radicalisation in prisons and the effects of longer periods of imprisonment on reform and rehabilitation and radicalisation in prisons and of segregating serious terrorist offenders.