Children: Criminal Responsibility

Lord Clinton-Davis Excerpts

Thursday 10th June 2010 Lords Chamber

[Lord McNally]

My Lords, the simple answer is yes. Whether the strategy of the previous Administration was working may be answered by figures released this morning that show a decrease of 20.7 per cent in the number of young first offenders. That has been achieved by avoiding knee-jerk reaction, using the voluntary sector and giving wide discretion. The direction of travel which we inherited is one which we intend to follow.

[Lord Clinton-Davis]

My Lords—

[Lord Richard]

Will the Minister assure us that the report by the learned judge to which he referred earlier will be made public?