Home Affairs - Fifth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 26 October 2004.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

Sentencing Guidelines

The Committee's Role

2 Reduction in sentence for a guilty plea

The general principle of the draft guideline

General conclusions

The application of the draft guideline to murder

The Council's interpretation of the relation of the guideline to the 2003 Act

The Home Secretary's interpretation of the relation of the guideline to the 2003 Act

Parliamentary scrutiny of the murder provisions in the 2003 Act

Application of the draft guideline to murder: conclusions

3 Overarching principles: seriousness and New sentences: Criminal Justice Act 2003

The assessment of seriousness

Prevalence

Community sentences

Persistent offenders

Breaches

Custodial sentences of more than 12 months

Deferred sentences, suspended sentences, and intermittent custody

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Formal minutes

Reports from the Home Affairs Committee since 2001

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Prepared 4 November 2004