Will the Minister deal with two points that he has not yet addressed? First, even Scotland has gone to the age of 12, and right across Europe it is at least 12 or 14. He has not dealt with why we are now, alone in Europe and in the United Kingdom, at 10. Secondly, it is contrary to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Government seem to be ignoring that.
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Butler-Sloss
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 17 November 2021.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
About this proceeding contribution
Reference
816 c262Session
2021-22Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamberLibrarians' tools
Timestamp
2022-01-10 13:05:30 +0000
URI
http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2021-11-17/21111727000143
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2021-11-17/21111727000143
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Lords/2021-11-17/21111727000143