Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

I have listened to a lot of this with some incredulity. It is a fact that alcohol is behind a lot of young people’s offences—that is proven. It is also a fact that there is not enough alcohol treatment available for them. To suggest that the solution should be voluntary is therefore quite absurd. They will not volunteer for treatment because they do not admit that anything is wrong with them. It is incumbent on the Government to go away and think seriously about this problem; it will not go away unless something firm is done, rather than leaving it on a voluntary basis.