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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 2010-11, 21/06/11 [W/E]

This Bill was laid before Parliament on the 21 June 2011 and contains a number of measures on reforming Legal Aid, as well as provisions on sentencing and reducing reoffending.

The proposals include:

Legal Aid

retaining legal aid for cases where people's life or liberty is at stake, where they are at risk of serious physical harm, or immediate loss of their home, or where their children may be taken into care
legal aid being made available for victims of domestic violence and child abuse
abolishing legal aid for squatters resisting eviction and most immigration cases
means testing all applicants including those on benefits
retaining legal aid for Special Educational Needs cases
abolition of the Legal Services Commission

Sentencing

a new offence of threatening with an offensive weapon in public or on school premises
life sentences for more serious offenders
offenders committing serious sexual and violent offences spending two thirds of their sentence in prison rather than the half they spend under the current system
all young people remanded in custody will have to be recognised as looked-after children by local authorities
changes to powers to make suspended sentence orders

Reducing reoffending

new rules on employment in prison
deducting money from prisoners in employment while in prison to give to victims
a crackdown on drugs in prison

The Bill and Explanatory Notes can be downloaded from the Parliament UK website.

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