Along with this, the work of the Sentencing Council has also been open to further scrutiny within the type of a wide ranging sentencing debate within the House of Commons led by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. As soon as a draft sentencing guideline is produced, the public as well as legal justice professionals are consulted about it, and their views feed into the final guideline which is issued to judges and magistrates.

It is the rule of regulation which protects the weak from the assault of the sturdy