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Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:30 pm on 16 October 2007.

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Photo of Edward Garnier Edward Garnier Shadow Minister (Justice) 4:30, 16 October 2007

Thank you. I want to talk a little bit with you—indeed with both sets of witnesses—about the cautioning system that the Government are altering by this legislation. Are probation employers and magistrates broadly in favour of the greater use of non-court disposal by police officers and officers of the Crown Prosecution Service of work that has in the past come before the magistrates court?