Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 25 January 1974.
Another approach can be seen in the Children and Young Persons Act 1963, Section 16(2) of which states:
In any proceedings for an offence committed or alleged to have been committed by a person of or over the age of twenty-one, any offence of which he was found guilty while under the age of fourteen shall be disregarded for the purposes of any evidence relating to his previous convictions; and he shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required to answer, any question relating to such an offence…".