Clause 17
Serious Crime Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Crispin Blunt (Whip, Whips; Reigate, Conservative)
What is the reoffending rate for people who have committed serious crimes coming out of prison? There is a case for saying that the test would be met by anyone who had been in prison—that based simply on the statistics of people who have been in prison, it is reasonable to suspect that they would reoffend.