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Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025

Government Bill

Originated in the House of Commons, Session 2024-26

Act of Parliament (1)

Full text of the Act of Parliament as passed by Parliament (this is the Act in its original state. The Act may have been amended by another Act and any such amendments are not shown in this version).

Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 (c. 17)
19 June 2025

Full text of the Bill as introduced and further versions of the Bill as it is reprinted to incorporate amendments (proposals for change) made during its passage through Parliament.

1 May 2025
Lords
Bill 217 2024-25 (as introduced)
1 April 2025
Commons
Bill 217 2024-25 (as introduced) - large print
31 March 2025
Commons
Bill 217 2024-25 (as introduced) - xml version
31 March 2025
Commons

Documents to explain the purpose of the Bill.

1 May 2025
Lords
Bill 217 EN 2024-25
31 March 2025
Commons
Bill 217 EN 2024-25 - large print
31 March 2025
Commons

In the House of Commons, amendments are grouped together so that amendments relating to a particular topic or issue are discussed together.

Chair’s provisional selection and grouping of amendments in Committee of the whole House - 30 April 2025
30 April 2025
Commons

Full list of amendment papers relating to the Bill. Individual amendment papers will be replaced with consolidated lists before the amendments are discussed. Page and line references in amendment papers refer to the PDF version of the Bill.

HL Bill 99-R-I Marshalled list for Report
2 June 2025
Lords
HL Bill 99 Running list of amendments – 22 May 2025
22 May 2025
Lords
HL Bill 99-I Marshalled list for Grand Committee
15 May 2025
Lords
HL Bill 99 Running list of amendments - 14 May 2025
14 May 2025
Lords
Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 30 April 2025
30 April 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 29 April 2025
29 April 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 28 April 2025
28 April 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 25 April 2025
25 April 2025
Commons
Notices of Amendments as at 24 April 2025
24 April 2025
Commons

Details of proceedings in Public Bill Committee or Committee of the whole House, on any report (consideration) stage, and on any consideration of Lords Amendments or any subsequent Lords Messages. The documents contain the text of amendments considered at each sitting and show whether it was agreed to, negatived (not agreed), not called, not moved or withdrawn.

Committee of the whole House Proceedings as at 30 April 2025
30 April 2025
Commons

House of Commons Library and House of Lords Library briefing papers aim to be politically impartial, containing factual information as well as a range of opinions on each subject. Briefing papers on Bills are produced before Second Reading and, in the Commons, after Committee Stage.

Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports): HL Bill 99
2 May 2025
Lords
Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill 2024-25
16 April 2025
Commons

The following select committee reports have been identified as relevant to the debate on the Bill.

23rd Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
9 May 2025
Lords
8th Report of the Constitution Committee
7 May 2025
Lords

List of related Impact Assessments

Equalities Impact Assessment from the Ministry of Justice
31 March 2025

Occasionally questions put to government Ministers during debates on Bills in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords may be answered by the Minister saying 'I will write to the Hon Member'. Such “will write” replies are not published in Hansard but are placed in the Library of the House concerned and published on the Parliamentary website.

Letter from Lord Timpson to Peers regarding the appropriateness of the term ‘personal characteristics'.
13 May 2025

Link to the relevant section in the Commons Hansard Daily Report

Commons 2nd reading

2nd reading - Commons Hansard link
22 April 2025
Commons

Commons Committee of the whole House

Committee of the whole House - Commons Hansard link
30 April 2025
Commons

Commons 3rd reading

3rd Reading - Commons Hansard link
30 April 2025
Commons

Lords 1st reading

1 May 2025
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

7 May 2025
Lords

Lords Committee stage

19 May 2025
Lords

Lords Report stage

4 June 2025
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

10 June 2025
Lords

Royal Assent

19 June 2025

Lords 1st reading

Minutes of Proceedings
1 May 2025
Lords

Lords 2nd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
7 May 2025
Lords

Lords Committee stage

Minutes of Proceedings
19 May 2025
Lords

Lords Report stage

Minutes of Proceedings
4 June 2025
Lords

Lords 3rd reading

Minutes of Proceedings
10 June 2025
Lords

Royal Assent

Minutes of Proceedings
19 June 2025