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How do we effectively protect young people who are picked up in a whole series of ways by folk who want nothing good for the youngsters but want their crimes to be committed by them so that they can take the blame? They can then put fear into the young people and their families. When the Jay commission looked at this, Action for Children heard from families who really did not know what to do, and the whole family was terrified by the consequences for the young person in their family and for themselves. This amendment seeks ways to properly support the family and the child, as well as to identify and deal with the perpetrator.