Clause 5 - The offence
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill [Lords]
5:30 pm
Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre, Labour)
I do not want to extend the point and take up more of the Committee's time, but I hope that the hon. Gentleman would accept that in trying to keep children from criminal responsibility I did not intend that the average 17-year-old should have no personal responsibility for dealing with such matters. I simply think that children should be treated differently from adults.