Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting) Debate

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Department: Department for Education
Alex Burghart Portrait Alex Burghart
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We are in agreement that essay mills need to be driven out of business, and that is why the clauses are in the Bill. In response to the hon. Gentleman’s points, these are serious criminal offences.

Andy Carter Portrait Andy Carter (Warrington South) (Con)
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I suspect that the Minister is about to say that the Sentencing Council will have a view on the issue, and actually it is for the Sentencing Council to determine the length and type of sentences that might be involved in criminal activities.