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Child Prisoners and Detainees: Occupied Palestinian Territories

Debate between Simon Danczuk and Christopher Chope
Wednesday 6th January 2016

(8 years, 11 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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Simon Danczuk Portrait Simon Danczuk
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Absolutely. The hon. Gentleman makes an important point.

I am conscious of time, so I will turn quickly to the issue of parents and guardians not being able to accompany their children when they have to appear before court. Many such issues come up time and again, including how children cannot or do not have legal representation while they are detained. Military Court Watch reports that 73% of children detained said that they were simply not aware of their right to remain silent. What is also damning is that in 30% of cases, the prosecuted child was made to sign their plea in Hebrew.

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Christopher Chope Portrait Mr Christopher Chope (in the Chair)
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Order. I am afraid we have already reached 10.30 am. We have to start the wind-up speeches; otherwise everyone will be squeezed out and it may not be possible for the proposer of the motion to respond, which is always desirable in a debate such as this.