Watch as Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick continues his crusade against “two-tier sentencing” guidelines at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) headquarters in London.
The video, posted to X by the former minister, shows a figure setting up a camera before projecting a warning onto the central London offices.
“In just 13 days time, two-tier sentencing rules come into force”, it reads.
“From 1 April the sentence you receive will be partly determined by your skin colour, gender and religion.
“Time is running out to stop this.”
A countdown then appears, accompanied by a “until two-tier justice under two-tier Keir” message.
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Jenrick has been vocal about his concern about the Sentencing Council’s new guidelines coming into effect next month which focus on ethnicity considerations.
The guidelines, issued by the Sentencing Council, instruct judges to take into account a criminal's ethnicity before deciding punishment.
Jenrick sought to give the Justice Secretary greater powers over these guidelines, including the ability to amend them before they are issued, but his bill was blocked.
The bill was blocked in Parliament when a shout of "object" was heard as Jenrick presented his private members' Bill.
This prevented it from receiving a second reading, despite Jenrick's claim that his bill was "ready to go" and would "fix" what he described as the Justice Secretary's "mess".
Under the updated guidance, a pre-sentence report will usually be necessary before handing out punishment for someone from an ethnic, cultural or faith minority.
This requirement also applies to other groups including young adults aged 18 to 25, women, and pregnant women.
These pre-sentence reports are designed to "tailor" sentences most appropriate to an offender's history and background.
The guidance also indicates that pre-sentence reports should be prepared if a criminal has declared they are "transgender".
Mahmood had told the council that access to such a report should not be determined by ethnicity, culture or religion.
Following Jenrick's failed attempt to block the guidelines, he took to social media to express his frustration.
"Labour have just blocked my Bill which would give the Justice Secretary the power to stop the two-tier sentencing rules. Their mask has slipped," he wrote on X.
"In just 18 days we are set to have a two-tier justice system because of Two-Tier Keir."
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The video, posted to X by the former minister, shows a figure setting up a camera before projecting a warning onto the central London offices.
“In just 13 days time, two-tier sentencing rules come into force”, it reads.
“From 1 April the sentence you receive will be partly determined by your skin colour, gender and religion.
“Time is running out to stop this.”
A countdown then appears, accompanied by a “until two-tier justice under two-tier Keir” message.
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Jenrick has been vocal about his concern about the Sentencing Council’s new guidelines coming into effect next month which focus on ethnicity considerations.
The guidelines, issued by the Sentencing Council, instruct judges to take into account a criminal's ethnicity before deciding punishment.
Jenrick sought to give the Justice Secretary greater powers over these guidelines, including the ability to amend them before they are issued, but his bill was blocked.
The bill was blocked in Parliament when a shout of "object" was heard as Jenrick presented his private members' Bill.
This prevented it from receiving a second reading, despite Jenrick's claim that his bill was "ready to go" and would "fix" what he described as the Justice Secretary's "mess".
Under the updated guidance, a pre-sentence report will usually be necessary before handing out punishment for someone from an ethnic, cultural or faith minority.
This requirement also applies to other groups including young adults aged 18 to 25, women, and pregnant women.
These pre-sentence reports are designed to "tailor" sentences most appropriate to an offender's history and background.
The guidance also indicates that pre-sentence reports should be prepared if a criminal has declared they are "transgender".
Mahmood had told the council that access to such a report should not be determined by ethnicity, culture or religion.
Following Jenrick's failed attempt to block the guidelines, he took to social media to express his frustration.
"Labour have just blocked my Bill which would give the Justice Secretary the power to stop the two-tier sentencing rules. Their mask has slipped," he wrote on X.
"In just 18 days we are set to have a two-tier justice system because of Two-Tier Keir."
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