HC Deb 16 February 1996 vol 271 c715W
Mr. Robert Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland in what circumstances a sheriff may hear representations on sentences in private; and on how many occasions such representations have been heard in private in the last five years. [15059]

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

There is no information on the number of occasions on which sheriffs have heard representations on sentence in private. Representations on sentence are normally made in open court.

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