Former MP for Ribble Valley
I remember precisely what the Carlisle report said. It expected the courts to reflect in their sentences the fact that the people concerned would, as a result of the changes in the parole arrangements, be serving sentences more closely related to those passed by the courts. There is nothing in Carlisle about setting up an involved system and a sentencing council. It is a simple proposition...
Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
With respect, I think that the right hon. and learned Gentleman would agree that the extended sentence which followed preventive detention provided machinery whereby someone could be given longer than the maximum sentence laid down by statute for an offence. That is what we are talking about in the case of an extended sentence. In clause 2 we are talking about the circumstances in which...
Former MP for Ribble Valley
Entered the House of Commons on 27 June 1968 — unknown
Left the House of Commons on 29 November 1990 — unknown
Also represented Clitheroe; Nelson and Colne
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