Sentencing Escalator Bill

Key Points

• If you are reconvicted for the same offence on a second or later occasion, the bill requires a longer sentence than for your first offence.
• The escalation applies to second or later convictions for the same offence, not to a first-time conviction.
• The change is intended to deter repeat offending and recognise increasing seriousness of recidivism.
• The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons and is an originating Commons bill.

Progress

The bill is at the second reading in the House of Commons; if it progresses, it would move to committee stage and then further stages in the Commons and Lords.