Committee makes observations on expanded explanations in sentencing guidelines

Wednesday, 24 July 2019 00:01

The Justice Committee welcomes the Sentencing Council’s consultation on expanded explanations in sentencing guidelines and makes a number of observations in a new report published today.   In February, the Sentencing Council published for consultation a proposal to embed additional information into offence-specific sentencing guidelines to make it easier for users to access relevant information.   The Committee is a statutory consultee on draft...Request free trial