Statement on rehabilitation and sentencing
8 December 2010 (updated on 8 December 2010)
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Kenneth Clarke, made a statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday 7 December on the publication of the Government's Green Paper entitled "Breaking the cycle: effective punishment, rehabilitation and sentencing of offenders"
- Video and Audio: Rehabilitation and Sentencing
- Commons Hansard: Rehabilitation and Sentencing
- Topics: Prisons
- About Parliament: Ministerial statements
- Ministry of Justice Green Paper: Breaking the cycle: effective punishment, rehabilitation and sentencing of offenders (PDF 600 KB)
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