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Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:45 am on 23 October 2007.

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Photo of Alun Michael Alun Michael Labour, Cardiff South and Penarth 10:45, 23 October 2007

As my hon. Friend says, this is an extremely interesting topic, and he may be interested to know that the Minister for the third sector, our hon. Friend the Member for Corby (Phil Hope), was one of those who worked with the National Youth Bureau to unpack some of these issues in a project known as the process of enfranchisement. That project demonstrated that far from there being one point at which a child moves into adulthood, there is a series of steps running over some 15 to 20 years, through which different aspects of how a child is able to do things or is treated change over time.