Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Laurence Robertson Excerpts
Tuesday 13th December 2011

(12 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Crispin Blunt Portrait Mr Blunt
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The hon. Gentleman’s right hon. Friend may intervene from the Front Bench, but of course it is not possible to give a precise figure. The answer is that it will be as many as we can administratively deliver, and that it has to be done in co-operation with the receiving countries.

Laurence Robertson Portrait Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con)
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T5. Given that murder is a crime different from any other, does the Secretary of State agree that the only appropriate punishment for the crime of murder is, indeed, a life sentence?

Lord Clarke of Nottingham Portrait Mr Kenneth Clarke
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The Government have no intention of reopening that question at the moment, and the vast majority of Members would not contemplate changing the current arrangements, as my hon. Friend has described.