§ 40. Mr. Yeoasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received about statutory sentence limits for violent offenders.
§ Mr. MellorWe receive many letters from Members of Parliament, the public and interested organisations about sentences for violent offenders. Some of them propose the re-introduction of capital or corporal punishment for particular offences of violence; others propose mandatory sentences. In our view, existing maximum penalties are generally satisfactory.