Recalled Offenders: Sentencing Limits Debate
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Claire Hazelgrove
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Recalled Offenders: Sentencing Limits
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Sir Nicholas Dakin
I certainly hope that all those things will be looked at by the independent sentencing review. The mandating of the 14-day fixed-term release was a measure taken by the previous Government. We are extending that to 28 days for sentences of up to four years because of the situation that we face, to ensure that we do not run out of prison places in the interim.
Claire Hazelgrove (Filton and Bradley Stoke) (Lab)
Like me, many residents across Filton and Bradly Stoke were rightly appalled last summer to discover the real situation left behind by the Conservative party. When it comes to prisons, does the Minister agree that this is an opportunity for the Conservative party to apologise?
Sir Nicholas Dakin
My hon. Friend makes a good point, and the House will have heard it.