I thank my right hon. and learned Friend for his answer.

My constituents, and people throughout the country, consider the right of appeal for the prosecution one of the most valuable pieces of legislation that the Government have introduced. There are still far too many cases in which unreasonably lenient sentences are imposed. May I urge my right hon. and learned Friend to continue to consider exercising the power that the Government have now rightly given him whenever there is a public outcry, as there has been in response to a number of recent cases?