Proceeding contribution from Baroness Howe of Idlicote (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 27 February 2008. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill.
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill
I am finding all this quite unbelievable. As my noble friend said earlier, we are not dealing with something like a stabbing, but with minor offences. As every other noble Lord has said, the magistrates already have discretion in this regard and they are the ones who have daily contact with the experts around the court and the offender. Surely we should be happy to leave the discretion to them and not impose further conditions that make it almost certain that we shall imprison more young offenders.
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- 699 c699
- Session
- 2007-08
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- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Disability Children Criminal proceedings Appeals Armed forces Crimes of violence Age Alternatives to prison HIV/AIDS Discrimination Offenders Parole Prisoners Life imprisonment Police cautions Prisoners' release Rehabilitation Sentencing Young people Sexual offences Young offenders Reoffenders
- Legislation
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill 2006-07 to 2007-08
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