Coroners and Justice Bill
1:40 pm
Peter Lodder: I think that I have answered that already. In my judgment, when courts impose a sentence, they must do so according to what fits the crime. I would have thought that the public at large would not be happy about a tribunal making a decision based not only on what is appropriate for that crime and offender, but on what can be afforded by the institution that will provide either the community sentence or the accommodation for somebody who is in custody.