Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:15 pm on 16 October 2007.
Cindy Barnett: We made the point that we would definitely expect very stringent safeguards to be in place. I am sure we would not—as any bench—consider it unless there was very full information and we thought that there was an overwhelming need. We have a policy in the youth court that if there are overwhelming welfare needs, the matter ought to be transferred to the family proceedings court. That is something we are very much aware of and in our view it would be something that would be considered when it was necessary for welfare needs. That is something that we obviously have to consider in the youth court.