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Policing and Crime Bill

If a child is involved in prostitution, that child is deeply damaged, deeply hurt and in great danger. To make a child like that into a criminal strikes me as cruel in the extreme. Surely, it is a question of "suffer little children". We should look after them and ensure that they are given care and help, rather than putting them into the criminal system. It is mad to put them into the criminal system.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
712 c283 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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