UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 2641
Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act 2020
[As Introduced]
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This Act prevents people convicted of terrorist offences from being released early on licence (a type of conditional release). Instead of potentially leaving prison after serving twothirds of their sentence, terrorist offenders must now serve at least threequarters of their full sentence before they can be considered for release.
Presented by Robert Buckland.
✓ Passed into lawPublicLords
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The people's count15 votes
100% Aye · 150% No · 0
MPs' vote367 MPs
14% Ayes · 5186% Noes · 316
The democratic gap
86% , a wide gap
Outcome mismatch, the public would pass this bill, but Parliament rejected it.
Bill passage
Commons
- 1st reading11 Feb 2020
- 2nd reading12 Feb 2020
- Committee stage12 Feb 2020
- 3rd reading12 Feb 2020
Lords
- 1st reading13 Feb 2020
- 2nd reading24 Feb 2020
- Committee stage24 Feb 2020
- Report stage24 Feb 2020
- 3rd reading24 Feb 2020
Royal Assent26 Feb 2020