Sentencing Guidelines Council Recommendations On Rape Sentences (EDM1806)

Sentencing Guidelines Council Recommendations On Rape Sentences

EDM number 1806 in 2005-06, proposed by Greg Mulholland on 13/03/2006.

That this House is deeply concerned by the Sentencing Guidelines Council recommendation that future sentences for rape be cut by 15 per cent.; rejects the conclusion that any reduction could be justified because the prison regime is now more demanding; agrees with Rape Crisis's reaction that to reduce sentences sends out the wrong message to future offenders and to victims who are trying to decide whether to give evidence in court; notes Refuge's views that this would be a backward step and believes that sex crimes should be treated more seriously in this country, not less; strongly believes that these proposals risk damaging public confidence in the legal system; and calls on the Government not to implement these recommendations which come at a time when the number of reported rapes is rising each year but conviction rates are falling.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Greg Mulholland	13/03/2006	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Michael Penning	13/03/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Spink	13/03/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	13/03/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	13/03/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	14/03/2006	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Stewart Jackson	14/03/2006	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	14/03/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	14/03/2006	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/03/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	14/03/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	14/03/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	14/03/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	14/03/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Gregory Campbell	14/03/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/03/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	15/03/2006	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	15/03/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Madeleine Moon	15/03/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	15/03/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	15/03/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	15/03/2006	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/03/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	15/03/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	16/03/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Si	16/03/2006	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	16/03/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	16/03/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	16/03/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	16/03/2006	Bury North	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	16/03/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Sammy Wilson	16/03/2006	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Gordon Marsden	17/03/2006	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	17/03/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	20/03/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Vincent Cable	20/03/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	20/03/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	21/03/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Mark Hunter	21/03/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	21/03/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Chris McCafferty	22/03/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	23/03/2006	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	28/03/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	28/03/2006	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	30/03/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/04/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	20/04/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	15/05/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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