Committees

Chair comments on government response to young adults report

20 January 2017

The Justice Committee published its report on the treatment of young adults in the criminal justice system on 26 October 2016. The Government Response to the report was published on the 20 January 2017.

Disappointing response

Commenting on the publication, Bob Neill MP, Chair of the Justice Committee, said:

"This is a disappointing response which adds little to what we already knew. It is largely a recital of the Government's existing plans and policies and pays inadequate attention to the powerful evidence which we received of the many failings of the current system and the need for a bolder and more focused approach to this particularly challenging but also vulnerable category of offenders. I shall be recommending to my committee colleagues that we pursue this matter much further with Ministers."

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