Michael Tomlinson acknowledged James Wild's concerns and offered his condolences to the victims' families. He outlined the unduly lenient sentence scheme (ULS) and its role in promoting justice, fairness and consistency. The ULS allows for increasing sentences that are found to be unduly lenient but does not apply to merely lenient sentences. Tomlinson highlighted recent legislative changes including increased penalties from 14 years to life imprisonment for causing death by dangerous driving, and longer disqualification periods. He explained the sentencing guidelines process and affirmed the judge's application of an uplift during the interim period before new guidelines were implemented. On totality, he stated that concurrent sentences are appropriate where multiple deaths arise out of a single incident but will be increased to reflect additional harm. Tomlinson detailed the procedure for imposing discretionary life sentences or extended sentences for dangerous offenders and apologised for the error in his letter regarding the judge's gender. He agreed to meet James Wild and the family to address their concerns further.