Member

As the noble and learned Lord said, this originated from Kim Johnson’s Private Member’s Bill. There have been repeated attempts at legislation on this issue. I first became seriously aware of it about 10 years ago when I made a friendship with Lord Justice Bill Davis, who has sadly now died. At that point, I was chair of the board of London youth magistrates and he was the lead Law Lord for the youth justice system. We spoke about joint enterprise and how the law is applied. I believe he had recently conducted or been involved in a review of the whole situation.