Sentencing Policy: Child Neglect/Abuse

Part of Women and Equalities – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 May 2016.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Caroline Dinenage Caroline Dinenage Minister for Equalities (Department for Education), The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice 12:00, 26 May 2016

As I have said, the judiciary is rightly independent of the Government, but the Justice Secretary is keen on considering alternatives to custody, particularly when an individual might have child caring responsibilities. That is why we are putting a lot of effort into things such as electronic tagging.