Some Observations on First Looking at the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (2021)
Note this is nothing more than some musings on a few aspects of the Bill. It is not intended to be comprehensive and does not purport to offer any expert or legal advice on the contents of the Bill. It is a cold wet windy Wednesday and I have some urgent(ish) work to complete, but instead I have started to read the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. You may think this is sad but the other alternative (apart from getting on with my work) is to watch Bargain Hunt and I really don’t think I could stand the excitement. Lockdown has lasted a long time. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill a weighty piece of legislation that is going to take a lot of effort by members of both Houses to ensure that it gets the scrutiny it needs. There are 176 Clauses, 20 schedules and 307 A4 pages. I say legislation because there is no doubt that with the current Government majority in the Commons that it will go through even if it picks up a few amendments on the way.