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Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025: stages, votes and documents

The Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025, 79 days after its first reading in the House of Commons on 1 April 2025. MPs divided on it 2 times between 30 April 2025 and 30 April 2025; the narrowest margin was 136 (Amendment 3).

What the bill is for

The long title reads:

A Bill to Make provision about sentencing guidelines in relation to pre-sentence reports.

Sponsors

• Shabana Mahmood (Labour, Commons), Ministry of Justice
• Lord Timpson (Labour, Lords), Ministry of Justice

Stages

Commons divisions on this bill

Documents

Act of Parliament

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

Bill

• Bill 217 2024-25 (as introduced) 1 April 2025
• 5901099.pdf · 5901099.html · 5901099.xml 1 May 2025

Explanatory Notes

• Bill 217 EN 2024-25 31 March 2025
• HL Bill 99 Explanatory Notes · 5901099en.pdf 1 May 2025

Impact Assessments

• Equalities Impact Assessment from the Ministry of Justice 31 March 2025

Briefing papers

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

Official record

• UK Parliament Bills: Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act 2025

Sources

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