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Policing and Crime Bill

My Lords, I do not quite know how to respond to the noble Earl, Lord Onslow, on that. We absolutely have to do something about this drinking. It is really worrying that this small group of youngsters are wrecking their lives, their future, their families and communities. We have to do something about that very real issue. On Sunday, up in north London, I came across some youngsters who were throwing rubbish around and causing absolute mayhem. They were about 14 years old, and they were so drunk. I sort of stopped them, and a couple of them were a little surprised at that, but it was just terrible. This was happening on a Sunday afternoon and it was absolutely awful. I can imagine that some people would be really frightened by this sort of thing and we have to do something about it.