Knives: Sentencing

(asked on 27th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Sentencing Council for England and Wales plans to publish its revised guidelines on sentencing for knife possession as a result of its consultation of 6 October 2016; and if she will make a statement.


Answered by
Phillip Lee Portrait
Phillip Lee
This question was answered on 30th March 2017

Sentencing Guidelines are produced by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales.

A timetable for the Council’s upcoming work, including publication of definitive guidelines following consultation, can be found in an update to its Business Plan which is available on its website: www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk.

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