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Rehabilitation and Sentencing

I can confirm that we are proposing to reform that matter. We are consulting on it, so I look forward to having the hon. Gentleman's representations on what level of offence should never be excluded from disclosure, how long it should take for cautions for other offences to be spent and what we should do about juvenile offences, which are sometimes held against people for far too long in what has become a law-abiding adult life. We will not duck the issue, we will reform the system and I look forward to hearing his views.