A Bill to make provision for a mechanism to hold individuals to account for any criminal sanctions imposed upon young people for whom those individuals hold parental responsibility; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
1 May 2012
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This Bill would create a formal mechanism to hold people with parental responsibility to account for any criminal sanctions imposed on the young person they oversee. In short, parents or guardians of young offenders could face consequences connected to the offences committed by the child, under defined rules, with related powers and duties.
The bill is currently at the Second Reading in the House of Commons, following its First Reading on 5 July 2010. If it progresses, it would move to committee stage and then to further readings in both Houses.
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5 Jul 2010
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
