UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 2717
Sentencing Act 2020
[As Introduced]
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The Sentencing Act 2020 updates and clarifies the rules that judges use when deciding how long someone should go to prison or what other punishments they should receive. It aims to make sentencing more consistent across the country and introduces new guidelines for judges to follow.
Presented by Lord Keen of Elie
supported by Robert Buckland.
supported by Robert Buckland.
✓ Passed into lawHybridLords
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The people's count15 votes
100% Aye · 150% No · 0
MPs' vote424 MPs
76% Ayes · 32124% Noes · 103
The democratic gap
24% , a wide gap
Bill passage
Commons
- 1st reading9 Sept 2020
- 2nd reading30 Sept 2020
- 3rd reading30 Sept 2020
Lords
- 1st reading5 Mar 2020
- 2nd reading25 Jun 2020
- 3rd reading8 Sept 2020
Royal Assent22 Oct 2020