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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 March 1993.

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Photo of Mr Nick Hawkins Mr Nick Hawkins , Blackpool South 12:00, 1 March 1993

To ask the Attorney-Genera] how many cases have been put forward to the Court of Appeal for consideration for a possible increase in sentence as a result of his Intervention during 1992.

intervention

An intervention is when the MP making a speech is interrupted by another MP and asked to 'give way' to allow the other MP to intervene on the speech to ask a question or comment on what has just been said.