Part of Sexual Offences Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:15 pm on 14 October 2003.
Let me make it clear to the Minister that I fully appreciate the desirability of the young person going to the police station with the parent. My concern is the draconian imposition on the parent of ensuring attendance in circumstances where, in practice, it might prove very difficult to exercise parental authority to bring that about.