Tuesday, 8 September at
2:30pm: Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster
The Justice Committee will question Dame Rachel de
Souza, Children's Commissioner for England, during the
second evidence
session of its inquiry into Children and young adults
in the secure estate.
During the first panel, MPs on the cross-party committee will
hear from Laura Cooper, Director of the Youth
Justice Legal Centre and Steph Roberts-Bibby,
Chief Executive, Youth Justice Board for England and Wales.
The session will explore the effectiveness of both the youth
sentencing framework and community-based alternatives to custody.
It will examine whether the youth sentencing framework
strikes the right balance between punishment, public
protection and rehabilitation.
Discussion is also likely to focus on why there is a high
and increasing use of custodial remand and whether some
children end up in custody due to a shortage
of community-based alternatives. MPs may also touch
upon whether the measures included in the Government's youth
justice white paper are sufficient.
The inquiry's first evidence session
in April explored whether the current mix of custodial settings
are fit for purpose in meeting the welfare and
rehabilitative needs of children in the secure estate.
Witnesses for Tuesday, 8 September
2.30pm
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Laura Cooper, Director, Youth Justice Legal
Centre
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Steph Roberts-Bibby, Chief Executive, Youth
Justice Board for England and Wales
3.30pm
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Dame Rachel de Souza, Children's Commissioner
for England
