1. Home Office, U.K.,Crime, Justice, and Protecting the Public, 1990, Cm 965, ¶ 2.7. (emphasis added).
2. Home Office, U.K.,Protecting the Public, 1996, Cm 3190, ¶ 1.12.
3. Home Office,supra note 2. U.K.,Protecting the Public, 1996, Cm 3190, ¶ 1.12.
4. This article analyzes the provisions of the amended Crime (Sentences) Bill (HLB 58, 1996–97) (Eng. & Wales), which was introduced following the passage of the original bill (HCB 3, 1996–97) through the committee stage in the House of Commons [hereinafter Crime Bill, 1996].
5. Home Office,supra note 2, U.K.,Protecting the Public, 1996, Cm 3190, ¶ 1.12. ¶¶ 13.4–13.8. The annual cost of the expansion is estimated at £375–435 million.Id. ¶ 13.9.