| Heading: |
Homicide: Young Offenders |
| Question ID: |
1815541 |
| UIN: |
62028 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5330 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Peter Bedford
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| Asking Member handle: |
peterabedford
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@peterabedford
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to review the Sentencing Council's remit on young offenders convicted of (a) murder and (b) manslaughter. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4056 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Nicholas Dakin
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Nicholas Dakin
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Government has no current plans to ask the Council to consider reviewing the guidelines in relation to this cohort.The law is clear that those who commit murder as children must receive a life sentence. There is no mandatory sentence for a child convi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |