Link to the Commons debate here.

Concurrent Prison Sentences (Abolition) Act

A bill to abolish concurrent prison sentences.

BE IT ENACTED by The Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, in accordance with the provisions of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

Section 1: Definitions

a) ‘Concurrent Sentence’: Sentenced imprisonment that equals the length of the longest sentence where the sentences are all served together at the same time.

b) ‘Consecutive sentence’: Sentenced imprisonment equals the sum of all the sentences served sequentially.

Section 2: Sentencing

a) When a person is sentenced to prison for multiple crimes, They shall receive a consecutive sentence.

b) Under no circumstances will they receive a concurrent sentence.

c) Any person currently serving a concurrent sentence will not have the length of their sentence changed.

Section 3: Commencement, Short title, Extent

a) This Bill may be cited as the ‘Concurrent Prison Sentences Act 2016 ’.

b) This Bill shall apply to the entirety of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

c) This Bill shall come into effect immediately.

This bill was written and submitted by /u/James_the_XV, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport on behalf of the 14th Opposition. This bill was also sponsored by:

/u/Klomorax, Shadow Secretary of State for Education & Shadow Secretary of State for Equalities

/u/ctrlaltlama, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

/u/IFx_98, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development

The voting period for this bill will end at 10PM BST on the 3rd of November.

Vote Aye, No or Abstain. Comments with anything else will be deleted. Comments that are edited will be void and not counted.

If a member is voting by proxy, they must have gained permission from the speaker prior to this vote. If no permission was sought and granted, their vote will not be counted.

For full clarifications on the voting system see this post.