Imprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill [HL]

This is a Lords’ marshalling list of amendments to the Imprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill. It would establish an expert advisory committee, limit resentencing to IPP prisoners in the community on licence (and those significantly over tariff), and prevent harsher punishments than the original notional determinate sentence; it also allows extended licences or hospital orders where appropriate and requires a 12-month impact report on resettlement, rehabilitation, mental wellbeing and employment. The amendments further narrow the bill’s scope to certain older IPP cases (including juvenile and pre-2008 provisions) and address licences and recalls.

The running list shows proposed amendments to the Imprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill [HL]. They would narrow who can be resentenced (restricting the process to certain IPP cases and tying it to older IPP rules), add safeguards so the new sentence cannot be harsher than the original notional determinate sentence, and give courts options such as substituting a hospital order for IPP and, in some cases, an extended licence. The amendments also require a government report on the Act’s impact on resettlement, rehabilitation, mental wellbeing and employment, and modify licence provisions and recalls for IPP prisoners.

This Lords’ running list shows amendments up to 13 March 2025 to the Imprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill [HL]. They would create an expert advisory committee, narrow who can be re-sentenced (for example IPP prisoners on licence or those many years over tariff, and those in pre-2008/juvenile IPP cases), and limit re-sentencing to not exceed the original notional determinate sentence unless specific allowances apply (such as life sentences or hospital orders for mental disorder). New clauses would require a report on the Act’s impact on resettlement and services, and adjust licence-recall provisions, with further limits for certain categories of offenders.

The Lords’ amendments to the Imprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill would set up an expert advisory committee and limit who may be resentenced (for example only those on licence, or those well over the tariff, and certain pre-2008/juvenile IPP cases). They add safeguards on sentencing (no harsher than the original notional determinate term), allow hospital orders for those with mental illness, and in limited cases even life imprisonment; they also require a parliamentary report within 12 months on how the Act would affect resettlement, rehabilitation, mental wellbeing and employment prospects.

This Lords amendment paper lists proposed changes to the Imprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill [HL] up to 10 March 2025, focusing on Clause 1 and Clause 2. It includes ideas to set up an expert advisory committee, limit resentencing to prisoners in the community on licence or those at least 10 years over tariff, and ensure any re-sentence cannot be more severe than the notional determinate sentence, with some provisions allowing hospital orders in certain mental‑health cases. It also narrows the bill’s scope to pre-2008 IPP provisions and to the juvenile-equivalent group.

This Lords paper is the running list of proposed amendments to the Imprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill [HL], tabled by peers up to 7 March 2025. It includes Lord Woodley’s amendments to make resentencing discretionary, limit it to IPP prisoners released on licence living in the community, require the re-sentencing court to align with the original notional determinate sentence (and cap harsher outcomes), and, in certain cases, permit life-imprisonment considerations or hospital orders for those with mental disorders. It also contains amendments to narrow the bill’s scope to offenders sentenced before 2008 IPP changes (and to juvenile cases), and Baroness Fox of Buckley’s proposal to allow hospital orders as an alternative to IPP under strict medical safeguards.

The Lords’ amendments to the Imprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill propose several changes to how IPP sentences could be reviewed. They would set up an expert advisory committee, limit resentencing to those released on licence in the community, and ensure any re-sentence is not harsher than the notional determinate term; they would also allow a hospital order as an alternative for certain mental-health cases with medical evidence and risk safeguards. A separate amendment would constrain resentencing for juveniles to the juvenile IPP/DPP framework.

The Lords’ amendments to the Imprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill would, for Clause 1, make resentencing optional rather than mandatory, create an expert advisory committee, and limit the process to those already released on licence in the community; they also set safeguards that the re-sentencing cannot exceed the original notional term and should occur only if life imprisonment would have been appropriate and the offender remains a substantial risk, with murder-trial judges having authority where needed. For Clause 2, they would confine resentencing to juvenile IPP cases by substituting the provision with the juvenile Detention for Public Protection route.

This Lords’ amendment paper lists proposed changes to Clause 1 of the Imprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill, tabled by Lord Woodley. It would shift re-sentencing to a Crown Court, prevent a sentence harsher than the original notional determinate tariff (unless new life-imprisonment criteria apply), and add new conditions (6A/6B) allowing IPP to be confirmed only if life imprisonment would have been appropriate and the offender remains a serious risk, with such cases limited to judges authorised to try murder.