Member

I have been advised that it would be better to bring other issues, such as those connected with children’s welfare and well-being, to the Crime and Policing Bill, because they do not fit the standard definitions of scope being reached in this Bill, at the moment. This is why I had hoped that, if we manage to add this proposed new purpose clause, we might be able to use its subsections (1)(a) and (c) to get to grips with some of the things that are holding back and could improve the safety and well-being of all children, not just those who the Government have decided to tackle in this Bill.