Susan Elan Jones – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Susan Elan Jones on 2016-07-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if a public consultation on motoring offences and penalties will be conducted as part of the Government’s announced sentencing review.

Dr Phillip Lee

Both the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Transport are aware of concerns about a number of issues relating to serious driving offences and the maximum penalties those offences carry. The Government are committed to making sure that the courts have sufficient powers to deal with driving offences appropriately and proportionately within the context of our wider sentencing framework. It is our intention to commence a consultation before the end of the year which will look at driving offences and penalties.

The new Justice Secretary will meet the new Transport Secretary to discuss further in due course.