Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
12:00 pm
Edward Garnier (Shadow Minister, Justice; Harborough, Conservative)
One of the real issues that emerges, which may be something for the Children’s Society to deal with, is that we already know that 27 per cent. of people currently in custody, both adults and young offenders, have been through the care system. I am concerned that compulsory fostering, which some have described as the nationalisation of children, could amount to a further catalyst towards keeping people within the criminal justice system and instead of getting them out of trouble, persuading them to stay in trouble. Is that a fear that we need to concern ourselves with or is it an exaggeration?