Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 9 Ebrill 2001.
As the hon. Gentleman knows, amendments are before the other place to raise the level of child curfew orders to 16. We think that that will work. On early release, that provision was always embedded on the Criminal Justice Act 1991, which established the present sentencing framework. The only difference is that under our arrangements, we are providing proper through-care and better security for those who are released. Every prisoner—except a whole-lifer—is, in effect, released early.