Policing and Crime Bill

I want to question the Minister on a point of detail in what he said, but before I do so perhaps I may say how pleased we are to see the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, on the Opposition Front Bench. I also pay tribute to the sterling work of the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, who I very much enjoyed working with. She brought with her a considerable measure of wisdom not only from her years as a leading councillor but also as a magistrate. We will all miss her as a Front Bencher on home affairs. My question of detail is this. The Minister mentioned that the young person would be "in a sense" on the police record. If the police have taken a note of the young person’s name and address, at what stage will that record be struck out or will it remain, in a sense, on the police record even though the person has not committed a crime?