§ Mr. BrazierTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the Government's response to the Halliday report on sentencing. [49939]
§ Mr. Keith BradleyResponses to the public consultation exercise on John Halliday's report, "Making Punishments Work", were published on 4 February 2002. The Government are currently considering the recommendations in the light of those responses; its position on the report will be included in a White Paper which will be published this year.