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Recommendation 6
6
Deferred
Paragraph: 43
Provide independent analysis on sentencing trends to inform public debate and policy.
Recommendation
The Sentencing Council should provide independent and impartial analysis on significant trends in sentencing to inform public debate and government policy.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government redirects this recommendation, stating that the Sentencing Council is independent and will respond directly to the Committee on recommendations applicable to it.
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Paragraph Reference:
43
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
19. As the Committee will be aware, the Sentencing Council is independent of Government, and we understand that the Council will be responding to the Committee on the recommendations that apply specifically to the Council.
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