Motion or amendment: Improving Sentencing Practices in Northern Ireland - Amendment 1
Motion or amendment by Mr Danny Baker on .
- MLA
- Mr Danny Baker
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 17 June 2025
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Improving Sentencing Practices in Northern Ireland”
- Heading
- Improving Sentencing Practices in Northern Ireland - Amendment 1
- Assembly identifier
- Document 442420
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Improving Sentencing Practices in Northern Ireland - Amendment 1
Leave out all after ‘urgent need for’ and insert: ‘a comprehensive rehabilitation and resettlement programme to reduce reoffending and protect the public; believes that sentencing should reflect the seriousness of such crimes and meet the expectations of victims and wider society; calls on the Minister of Justice to take urgent and proactive steps to address these concerns, including launching a public consultation on the establishment of a Sentencing Council for Northern Ireland to support greater consistency, transparency and robustness in sentencing; and further calls on the Minister to ensure that, in all relevant cases, victims are provided with written copies of sentencing remarks, at no cost and without delay.’
118 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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