A Bill to make provision for the general public to petition the Criminal Cases Review Commission to review sentences that the petitioners believe to be either too harsh or too lenient; to make provision about the review of such sentences; to make provision about the referral of such cases to the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court; and for connected purposes.
This bill would let members of the public ask the Criminal Cases Review Commission to re-examine sentences they believe are too harsh or too lenient. It sets out how such sentence reviews should be handled and explains when cases could be referred to the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court. In short, it creates a new route for challenging sentences through the CCRC.
The bill is at the 2nd Reading stage in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it would move on to Committee stage and subsequent readings.
Generated 21 February 2026
Order for Second Reading on Friday 12 September, read and discharged.
This is a Private Members' Bill and was introduced to Parliament on Wednesday 25 June under the Ten Minute Rule.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.