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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

My Lords, I wonder whether there would be a person under 18 who had any money unless they were drug dealers—in which case they will probably have spent it. I am thinking particularly of couriers, because they are supposed, on some housing estates, to make a lot of money. I had the unhappy experience of being twice burgled by an 18 year-old who had once been the friend of one of my sons and therefore knew the layout of our house. She was ordered to pay £450 compensation by magistrates, at £10 a week. She paid twice, I think; I got £20. Eventually the probation officer got in touch with me and asked if I would mind if the magistrates set that order aside. I said I could not understand why they had made it in the first place. Although I understand that this would give all the powers to the court for under-18s, I wonder whether anyone has ever come across someone who had the money to pay compensation.