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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 25 May 2016.

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Photo of Edward Garnier Edward Garnier Conservative, Harborough 12:00, 25 May 2016

At the Conservative party conference last year, our right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said that the future that we, the state, provide for children in care was shameful—the dole and an early grave or the streets. Yesterday, the Prison Reform Trust, of which I am a trustee, produced a report identifying that far too high a proportion of children in care come into contact with the criminal justice system. Will my right hon. Friend the Chancellor and the Prime Minister ensure that policies are implemented right across Government to prevent unnecessary contact between children in care and the criminal justice system, so that those children can have a good future?