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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

My Lords, the court can deal with failure in any one of the following ways. As a result of government amendment, it has the discretion to order the offender to pay a fine, or amend, "““the terms of a youth rehabilitation order so as to impose any requirement which could have been included in the order when it was made … in addition to, or … in substitution for, any requirement or requirements already imposed by the order””." It can also deal, "““with the offender, for the offence in respect of which the order was made, in any way in which the court could have dealt with the offender for that offence (had the offender been before that court to be dealt with for it)””." That sets out very clearly the options that are laid before the court. I do not see how that undermines the point that I am making; that we are surely all agreed that youth rehabilitation orders seem to be a very sensible way to deal with many young people. To make sure that the YR system works effectively, it is a very good idea if young people recognise that persistent breach has serious consequences. That is why the provisions for breach are there.