Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 18 Mehefin 1964.
There are a whole series of problems here which, of course, are very much in our minds and which deserve investigation. My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has an Advisory Committee on Juvenile Delinquency. Research is being conducted by the National Foundation for Educational Research to investigate the factors in organisation and life at school which could affect the behaviour, education and attainments of school children. We are trying our best to see this problem and to see how it could be remedied. I hope the hon. Member will not concentrate on alternative sentences. I think probation and other problems of that kind should be looked at and improved.