Joint Enterprise Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Joint Enterprise

Siobhain McDonagh Excerpts
Thursday 25th January 2018

(6 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Siobhain McDonagh Portrait Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab)
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I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing a debate on this difficult issue, which is not a small matter. Does she agree that 4,500 people are currently in prison having been caught by the wrongful application of joint enterprise law? Men, women and children are serving long sentences for crimes that they did not commit.

Lucy Powell Portrait Lucy Powell
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I fully agree with my hon. Friend. We know it is at least that sort of figure—we do not have accurate figures.