Trading Standards: Sentencing
Commons · Question 82769 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of sentences for people convicted of crimes involving breaches of trading standards.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 23 Oct 2025
The Ministry of Justice has made no assessment of sentencing for offending involving breaches of trading standards.Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the courts. Parliament has provided the courts with a broad range of sentencing powers to dea...