L

Lord Oates (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 May 2026

Debate

Youth Offending

Contribution

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her Answer. In her reply to questions on the Statement yesterday, she stated that “there is no intention to abolish the Youth Justice Board”.—[Official Report, 20/5/26; col. 427.] We are grateful for that. However, she will be aware that the powers of the Youth Justice Board set out in Section 41 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 are being steadily stripped away, starting with Liz Truss as Justice Secretary removing the custodial powers and now with the Government following suit by removing the monitoring powers and the core funding powers. Does she not think it would be better to follow the example of the 1997 Labour Government in establishing the board, rather than the example of Liz Truss in stripping it of its power?

More from Lord Oates (LD)

Other recent Hansard contributions by the same speaker.

About Hansard

Hansard is the official verbatim record of proceedings in the UK Parliament. Every word spoken in the Commons and Lords is recorded and published — this page is a single contribution from that record.

Partner sites