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Psychoactive Substances Bill [HL]
Tuesday 14th July 2015

(8 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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My Lords, the purpose of incarceration is rehabilitation. In view of the growing clarity of the importance of education in that function, when did the Government last review sentencing policy, and are there available sentences that enable children to be held in suitable accommodation long enough to achieve some educational progress?

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