Crime: Youth Justice Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Crime: Youth Justice

Baroness Butler-Sloss Excerpts
Monday 24th October 2011

(13 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Butler-Sloss Portrait Baroness Butler-Sloss
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My Lords, will the Minister ensure that the new youth justice division will work collaboratively and regularly with the Department of Health and the Department for Education?

Lord McNally Portrait Lord McNally
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I can give that assurance absolutely. One of our key approaches across the criminal justice system is to make sure that we have an holistic approach to offending, which particularly applies in the youth justice system.