This was a third reading on the Sentencing Bill. The Sentencing Bill sets out reforms to how murder and sexual offences are punished, and it includes provisions on suspending custodial sentences and on how offenders are released on licence. It aims to create clearer, more consistent sentencing and supervision in the community while protecting the public.
•Reforms to sentencing for murder and sexual offences.
•Rules about suspending custodial sentences and release on licence.
•Provisions for release procedures and ongoing supervision in the community.
•The bill has progressed through Commons stages (including Committee and Report Stages) and had Lords amendments, which the Commons has disagreed with in at least one instance.
