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We expect a United Kingdom announcement in the autumn, which will be followed by figures. As always, we are starting to think about that now, in advance of the announcement.
A lot of good suggestions have been made, but I am struck by how little evidence there is that follow-up work has been done to ascertain what courses of action will work.
That would certainly be taken into account in deciding whether it was the right course to follow. I have a couple of questions on sections 12 and 14, which deal with references to European Union and other legislative provisions.
The Governments own officials admit that, following sentencing reform, the number of community service orders would increase by a maximum of only 1,240.
Furthermore, after the so-called truce, leaflets were dropped warning people to leave their homes or face air strikes. Following that, 60 air strikes were carried out.