Question follow-through · 9356
Terrorism: Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of applying terrorism-connection sentencing provisions to defendants in cases where the existence of those provisions was not disclosed to the jury on the right
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of applying terrorism-connection sentencing provisions to defendants in cases where the existence of those provisions was not disclosed to the jury on the right
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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18 Jun 2026
Answer published
Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the independent courts. In England and Wales, the terrorist connection aggravating factor applies where an offence is not itself a terrorism offence but takes place in the course of an act of terrorism or is ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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