Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 March 1993.
Sir Nicholas Lyell
Attorney General (Law Officers)
12:00,
1 March 1993
I agree with my hon. Friend. Parliament was very wise to institute that power. In an effective criminal justice system it is important not only to be able to reduce over-severe sentences, but—if the Court of Appeal thinks it right—to be able to increase unduly lenient sentences. Similarly, it is important not only for the innocent not to be convincted, but for the system to be capable of bringing the guilty to justice.