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Moving through this group, how can the Government deny resentencing to anyone still serving DPP sentences—detention for public protection—who was under 18 when convicted? That is the question posed by Amendment 10 in the name of my noble friend Lord Blunkett, who was the architect of IPP and DPP sentences but now campaigns against the injustice like the rest of us, but maybe more fiercely and diligently than most. The very thought of IPP for kids breaks your heart. Why can we not prioritise them? Unfortunately, my noble friend sends his regrets for not being able to attend this debate, but he knows as well as anyone the harm that these sentences have caused, especially to those convicted as children.