Steve Brine held a Westminster Hall debate on Wednesday 17th April to discuss the issues surrounding police cautions and young people.
The Winchester & Chandler's Ford MP said the well-attended debate also provided an opportunity to seek clarification from the Government on recent developments in Government policy.
Mr Brine opened the session discussing a case from his constituency, where a final year University student with several excellent character references is facing problems in pursuing a career in law due to a caution for shoplifting while part of a dominant group of girls, when she was just 15 years old.
The MP is a key member of the Justice Select Committee, and he referred to their recent report on youth justice, which seeks to go even further than the government in ensuring that low-level bad behaviour does not necessarily result in damage to future employment and academic prospects, putting them 'on the scrap heap' before they have even had a chance.
Also taking part in the debate were MPs such as John Stellar, Rehman Chishti, Jeremy Corbyn and Gareth Johnson, and the Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice, Damian Green, also featured.
Mr Green described how the youth justice system is focused on early intervention and on the diversion of children and young people from formal disposals where that is appropriate.
In recent times, he said he strongly supported the fact that there has been an increase in the use of informal disposals by the police and an adoption of restorative justice approaches, and he went on to discuss varying cautions now given, including detail on the youth caution, before going into further detail about cases such as those Steve highlighted.
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You can read the whole debate on Hansard here and watch back here.