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I thank the Minister for giving way. Minister, you will be aware that the Marie Collins Foundation has asked that the unduly lenient sentence scheme be extended to all cases involving technology-assisted child sexual abuse. Do you support that call?
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Minister, I welcome what you have just said, but it does not take Magistrates' Court sentencing into account. Can the scheme be extended in any way to take in the Magistrates' Court? We are seeing similar sentences when cases are referred to there.
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I thank the Minister for giving way. Will the issues that she has spoken about broadly, all of which were raised during the debate, also take into account bail conditions? In a number of cases, even quite recent ones, bail conditions have often meant that perpetrators can go out and do the very same thing that they…
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Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I welcome the debate, because sentencing is a vital part of the justice system in Northern Ireland and one that is frequently poorly understood. It often involves complex considerations requiring a delicate balance to be struck between the rights of defendants on the one hand and the…
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I thank the Member for giving way. I caution him that the matter is still sub judice, because there are ongoing proceedings. He mentioned financial recovery, and that matter is also still before the courts.
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I thank the Member for giving way. Given the scale of the environmental crime at Mobuoy, does he agree that it is incredible that the Executive are not calling for a public inquiry?
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I welcome the motion and the urgency that it places on sentencing reform. The focus today has, understandably, been on lenient sentencing and serious crimes such as sexual offences, and, of course, I agree with what Members have said about that. However, I will use my time to highlight another part of our justice…
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I thank the Member for giving way. Does he agree that, through the child protection disclosure scheme, which I brought into law, there are tools to inform the public and, in particular, parents? The Department of Justice, the Minister of Justice and the PSNI refuse to promote and advertise that scheme, which would…
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First, I thank the Members who tabled the motion. The issue of lenient sentencing practices has concerned me for quite some time, and I have raised it in the House. From listening to the debate, I note that many Members from many political parties have expressed the same concern. In truth, our sentencing practices are…
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Criminal sentencing must meet two important criteria: the sentence must reflect the gravity of the offence, but, more important, it must be seen as a deterrent. A few years ago, we saw an advertising campaign with the slogan, "One Punch Can Kill". The message was that you did not need a gun or knife in your hand to…
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I support the motion. Confidence in the Northern Ireland criminal justice system is at a serious low, with little progress in the past 15 years since justice was devolved. There have been limited outcomes plus slow and ineffective change. Victims feel that they have been failed. The motion is before us because we need…
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I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion, and I thank Mr Beattie for proposing it. As a party, we are fully committed to supporting measures that improve people's experiences in our criminal justice system. Victims must come first. Unfortunately, in recent years, it appears that that has not always been the…
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I will go down a different route in my remarks. It is crucial that our justice system has children and young people at its heart, with a rights-based approach. I am mindful that the North has one of the lowest ages of criminal responsibility in the world. Our law states that the youngest age at which a child can be…
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For clarification, being a really good boxer could be an aggravating factor if you were involved in GBH, because you could be seen as being more skilled in what you were doing. To be clear, you can get character references with any offence. If somebody is accused of GBH, they can have character references.
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I do not know whether you just did not listen to what I said. I highlighted the fact that deterrence has to be a key factor, but we can see the statistics on repeat offenders: if we do not look at rehabilitation, we will only see increased levels of reoffending. If we want to increase public safety, we need to look at…
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I support the motion, which gets to the heart of a growing crisis of confidence in our justice system. It speaks for the victims who feel let down and for the public, who rightly ask, "Where is the deterrent in our sentencing? Where is the justice?". We fully recognise and firmly defend the independence and integrity…
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Sentencing practice is an integral cog in our wider justice machinery, and getting it right is essential to ensuring public trust and confidence in Northern Ireland's governance. I am pleased that we have the opportunity to debate this important subject today. As the motion acknowledges, there will always be complex…
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I declare that I have an immediate family member who works in the legal profession. Of course sentencing should not be a populist undertaking but a punishment; a punishment that is commensurate with the crime, that is fundamentally effective and that acts as a deterrent. However, there can be no doubt that sentencing…
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Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I place on record my thanks to the Members for tabling the motion. These are important issues. They are worthy of discussion and debate, and I am sure that we will have plenty of that when the Minister introduces the Bill, next year. The Lady Chief Justice recently said: "Sentencing is…
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I beg to move the following amendment:
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Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will finish off by talking about the Sentencing Council for England and Wales. If you go on to the website, you see that it is extremely clear on how sentences are arrived at. The judge gives a judgement in terms that can be understood by everybody and breaks it down. If you are in any…
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On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I apologise to you and the Minister for not being in my seat for question 1.
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