United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 110855
Sentencing: Crown Court
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14 December 2022
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20 December 2022 · Answer
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20 December 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of televising sentencing remarks in Crown Courts.
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14 December 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of televising sentencing remarks in Crown Courts.
Source: Commons
20 December 2022
Answer
In 2020, legislation was passed to allow, for the first time, television cameras into our Crown Courts to film and broadcast sentencing remarks. This power was used for the first time in July 2022 and, most recently for the sentencing of Jordan McSweeney ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-12-14/110855
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1551568
- uk · wq-1551568 · source updated 20 December 2022