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Bill · started in the Commons

Drink Driving (Repeat Offenders) Bill

A Bill to allow the Magistrates Court discretion to refer a third or subsequent offence for drink driving to the Crown Court for sentencing and to grant the Crown Court the jurisdiction to give a custodial sentence of up to two years.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Drink Driving (Repeat Offenders) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 3 July 2013 by Rehman Chishti (Conservative). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 3 Jul 2013
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 15 May 2014.