Written evidence to be reported to the House

Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:45 pm on 16 October 2007.

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Photo of Edward Garnier Edward Garnier Shadow Minister (Justice) 4:45, 16 October 2007

I am sorry to hog this interesting session, but I wish now to deal with tariff setting, recall and the length of time that people spend in prison. That does not affect the magistrates directly at present because, despite provisions of the 2003 Act being intended to increase their sentencing powers to 12 months, that part has not yet come into force—along with about half the rest of the Act, but there we are.

What are the views of the Probation Boards Association on the changes to the law on tariff setting and the recall of long-term sentence prisoners back into custody, and the inter-relationship between the probation boards and the Secretary of State when it comes to release and recall, and what looks as though has greater input from the Secretary of State as a politician to affect the implementation of the sentence?