HC Deb 17 May 1973 vol 856 c364W
Mr. Cordle

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the present lack of uniformity in sentencing, he will now consider appointing a commission to look at the present tariffs and to review the whole subject of sentencing.

Mr. Carlisle

No. Subject to the maximum penalties prescribed by law, the sentence to be imposed in any particular case is entirely a matter for the court to decide, in the light of the particular circumstances of the offence and the offender. But consistency in sentencing is the subject of training exercises, seminars and lectures and of material circulated by the Magistrates' Association.