Sentencing
Justice
Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of the public through sentencing policy.
Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth and Southam, Conservative)
Our sentencing framework provides courts with the powers to punish offenders appropriately. Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the courts. But we are clear that, in order to protect the public, violent and dangerous offenders must expect long prison sentences.