§ Lord Windleshamasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their revised estimate of the number of additional persons likely to be imprisoned annually if the provisions contained in Clause 48 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill are enacted unamended, taking into account the findings of the research on the effects of deterrence commissioned by the Home Office from the Institute of Criminology at Cambridge University. [HL3204]
§ Lord Bassam of BrightonWe have no plans to revise our estimates on the basis of this research.