Schedule 1
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
6:45 pm
Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth, Labour)
My right hon. Friend makes a powerful point. It has always seemed to me that, if the court is to look at the problems of offending, it must consider the individual circumstances and take maturity into account. What we do not want to do is allow the court to become confused by taking its mind off the importance of reducing and preventing reoffending, the central point of my right hon. Friend’s argument.