Clause 18 - Parenting contracts in cases of exclusion from school or truancy
Anti-social Behaviour Bill
9:45 am
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Coventry North East, Labour)
I am not saying that it is as simple as that but I know that such views exist and are held fairly widely. I believe that they are potentially damaging. As the hon. Member for Surrey Heath says, it is like the good cop, bad cop routine. Social services departments, schools and so on all have an enforcement job—to educate children or to look after children in need. They cannot simply walk away from that side of the job while getting on with the rest of it.