Part of Victims and Prisoners Bill - Committee (7th Day) (Continued) – in the House of Lords at 8:08 pm on 12 March 2024.
Moved by Baroness Chakrabarti
155: Clause 48, page 52, line 23, after ““three”;” insert “and(ii) at end insert “in the case of a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection and one and a half years beginning with the date of his release in the case of a person serving a sentence of detention for public protection.”;”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment would halve the qualifying period for men and women who were sentenced as children in line with other statutory provisions, such as when convictions become “spent”, to reflect the principle that children change in a shorter period than adults.
