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Home Affairs: Brittan PS letter to Whitelaw (“Appeal against Lenient Sentences”) [MT “worried that… this proposal… could put at risk the Government’s plans for an independent system of prosecution”] [declassified 2014]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1782 f156
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 5pp
Themes: Judiciary, Parliament, Civil liberties, Conservatism, Conservative Party (organization), Law & order