Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Tessa Munt Excerpts
Tuesday 5th November 2024

(2 days, 5 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nicholas Dakin Portrait Sir Nicholas Dakin
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My hon. Friend, the Chair of the Justice Committee, identifies a subject that might well be useful for his Committee to examine.

Tessa Munt Portrait Tessa Munt (Wells and Mendip Hills) (LD)
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A young person I know was involved in an incident at 16. Can the Minister assure me that, because delays to going through the youth justice system have meant that that young person has not had the case adjudicated, that young person will not be adjudged an adult if they pass their 18th birthday when a conclusion is reached?

Nicholas Dakin Portrait Sir Nicholas Dakin
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The hon. Member draws attention to an issue. If she would like to write to me about that particular incident, I will write back to her.