Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 4:30 pm ar 23 Hydref 2007.
As the amendments are drafted, the proposed new reparation requirement would duplicate the existing order. Provisions for reparation that are already built into the youth rehabilitation order and would cause confusion to the courts, the supervising authorities and, crucially, to the young person. We are trying to ensure that we have the flexibility of having the reparation order in place for low-level offences and, equally, including it as part of a wider youth rehabilitation order if need be. It is important that we do that to prevent reoffending.
I ask the hon. Member for Enfield, Southgate to withdraw his amendment. I cannot support it.