§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to order an examination into disparity of sentencing by judges.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 18 February 1994]: The Government have no such plans. Decisions on sentencing in individual cases are for the courts to determine in the light of all the circumstances of the offence and the offender. There is an avenue of appeal against sentence in all cases.