Public Disorder: Restorative Justice

Baroness Sharples Excerpts

Wednesday 26th October 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord McNally]

Initially there were three such schemes. There have been about 60 enquiries about restorative justice, and we are very keen to roll out the schemes as quickly as possible. In response to the recent riots, there have been elements of restorative justice in both London and Manchester. I assure the noble Baroness that it is an element of the criminal justice system that we are very eager to learn lessons from and to expand.

[Baroness Sharples]

Would the Minister tell us why the courts in Westminster have closed?

[Lord McNally]

I am taking a wild guess here. I think it is probably because we have opened a new Westminster court at the other end of town. I am trying to remember the name of the road, but just along from Baker Street—