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Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 January 2026

Debate

Age of Criminal Responsibility

Contribution

My Lords, is the Minister aware that the four Children’s Commissioners of the four parts of the United Kingdom wrote a report several years ago saying that this country is the most punitive of all European countries towards children?

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