Assaults on police constables

Part of Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill – in the House of Commons at 10:45 am on 27 April 2018.

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Photo of Gareth Johnson Gareth Johnson Conservative, Dartford 10:45, 27 April 2018

Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that the Bill is not intended to be an exhaustive list of the instances where a court can find that aggravating circumstances apply? The last thing that we want is for a court to say that an incident is not covered by the Bill and therefore cannot find it to be an aggravated offence, because the perpetrator might then receive a lesser sentence than they would now.