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    This document summarizes and responds to public comments on the justice chapter of the UK government's Programme for Government. It received many contributions expressing strong views on sentencing, rehabilitation, courts, and legal aid. While there were differing perspectives, the public clearly wants change to these areas of the justice system. The government plans reforms focused on efficiency, reform, and modernization. It will examine sentencing policy, explore penalties to reduce reoffending and protect the public, expand rehabilitation programs, and reform legal aid and the courts to make them more efficient and accessible to those who need them most. The government will undertake public consultations on these proposed reforms.

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    This document summarizes and responds to public comments on the justice chapter of the UK government's Programme for Government. It received many contributions expressing strong views on sentencing, rehabilitation, courts, and legal aid. While there were differing perspectives, the public clearly wants change to these areas of the justice system. The government plans reforms focused on efficiency, reform, and modernization. It will examine sentencing policy, explore penalties to reduce reoffending and protect the public, expand rehabilitation programs, and reform legal aid and the courts to make them more efficient and accessible to those who need them most. The government will undertake public consultations on these proposed reforms.

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    This document summarizes and responds to public comments on the justice chapter of the UK government's Programme for Government. It received many contributions expressing strong views on sentencing, rehabilitation, courts, and legal aid. While there were differing perspectives, the public clearly wants change to these areas of the justice system. The government plans reforms focused on efficiency, reform, and modernization. It will examine sentencing policy, explore penalties to reduce reoffending and protect the public, expand rehabilitation programs, and reform legal aid and the courts to make them more efficient and accessible to those who need them most. The government will undertake public consultations on these proposed reforms.

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    Response to Programme for Government

    Recently the public were asked to comment on the chapters in The Coalition:
    Our Programme for Government (PFG) which was published online. We thank
    the public for all their contributions on the Justice chapter
    (programmeforgovernment.hmg.gov.uk/justice/). This document responds to
    those comments.

    From the many contributions we received, it is clear that the areas the public
    feels most strongly about are sentencing, rehabilitation, courts and legal aid.
    There were many strongly held opinions expressed, often from very different
    perspectives. The desire for change, however, is clearly articulated.

    What’s great is that the public’s appetite and desire for change reflects our
    own. The principles of efficiency, reform and modernisation govern our plans
    for the justice system. These plans are laid out in detail in the MoJ Structural
    Reform Plan, but your comments are helping us to define our vision more
    clearly as we work up the details of our plans.

    You told us that sentencing should be reformed, that sentences should protect
    the public and that time in prison should be a punishment for offenders.

    Many of you emphasised the virtues of tougher custodial sentences; others


    strongly advocated the use of community punishments and rehabilitation.
    There is merit in both these arguments. We believe in intelligent sentences,
    seeking to give better value for money and seeking to give people the
    protection from crime that they rightly ask for.

    To achieve this we have scheduled a full examination of sentencing policy to


    ensure that it is effective in cutting crime, protecting the public, punishing
    offenders and reducing reoffending. We will look in detail over the coming
    months at the sentencing frameworks for adult and young offenders, exploring
    the full range of penalties available – from imprisonment to restorative justice
    – to ensure that we turn offenders away from crime and protect the public.

    You said that rehabilitation is vital, that offenders should have access to
    services and support to help them break the cycle of reoffending.

    We are working to put in place a rehabilitation revolution and have already


    announced plans to pilot payment-by-results at Peterborough Prison, in
    August, aiming to reduce reoffending by paying providers according to the
    results they achieve. We will publish a rehabilitation Green Paper in
    November 2010, a document that will enable us to consult widely, and to
    which members of the public will be encouraged to contribute.

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    You wrote to tell us your concerns about legal aid and the courts. Many felt
    that court processes were too slow, and that entitlement to legal aid should be
    examined to ensure it’s available for those who most need it, not those who
    don’t.

    It is our intention to reform the legal aid system to make it work more
    efficiently, while continuing to protect society’s most vulnerable.

    We will seek feedback on our proposals for reform through a public


    consultation later this year. We have also announced the timeline of our
    plans for a court reform consultation programme, which will reform the courts
    system so that courts can respond to the needs of the communities which
    they serve.

    Public comments on other sections of the PFG showed a large amount of


    interest in Human Rights. We have outlined, in our Structural Reform Plan,
    proposals for a Commission to investigate the creation of a UK Bill of Rights,
    in conjunction with the Deputy Prime Minister. Furthermore we are working
    closely with colleagues in the Home Office and Cabinet Office on wider Civil
    Liberties issues. For more information on this please see the Home Office
    website where you can access their Structural Reform Plan and read more
    about comments on the Civil Liberties chapter of the Coalition Agreement.

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