Examination of Witness

Part of Criminal Justice and Courts Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:00 am on 11 March 2014.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Bob Neill Bob Neill Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Substitute Member), Vice-Chair, Conservative Party 9:00, 11 March 2014

As I understand your evidence, I think we have got to the stage where, sadly, no one disputes that there will be a limited number of cases in which children or young people have been involved in offending on a scale that means that there has to be form of custody. That has always been the case, in your career, and in my career before I came here.