§ 33. Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation to amend the Offences Against the Person Act to provide for the crime of multiple rape and aiding and abetting the same with a a minimum mandatory sentence.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation to increase the penalty for rape, where more than one man is involved, to a minimum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment.
§ Mr. CarlisleNo. The offences of rape and aiding and abetting rape are already punishable by a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Minimum penalties are open to considerable objections.