Orders of the Day — Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill
4:53 pm
Mr Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid Kent, Conservative)
Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that many of the people who, in middle age, become systematic and vicious abusers start out, as young people, with a much less developed criminality, and that, if it were made easier to intervene effectively earlier, there would be a much better chance that they could be diverted? Does he agree that the idea that it is kind to a professional colleague to allow them to slide discreetly into another job is very misguided as well as, later, potentially very dangerous?