Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the Sentencing Guidelines Council on the consistency of sentencing in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [135331] Mr. Sutcliffe: The Home Secretary has not met with the Sentencing Guidelines Council in the last 12 months.
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 placed on the Sentencing Guidelines Council a duty to have regard to the need to promote consistency in sentencing when framing or revising sentencing guidelines.
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