§ 62 and 63. Mr. LAWSONasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) whether he has received any further recommendations as to the treatment of juvenile delinquents in Crown Colonies by the advisory committee on whose advice the draft model Children Bill was circulated to Governors of Crown Colonies;
(2) in which Crown Colonies Ordinances have been enacted and put into operation establishing juvenile courts and probation and restrictions on the methods of punishment of children and young persons, in 202 accordance with the model Children Bill circulated to the Governors of Crown Colonies in 1930; the Crown Colonies in which such Ordinances have been passed but not put into operation; and the Crown Colonies, if any, in which no steps have been taken to carry out the recommendations of the Secretary of State in this respect?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERThe committee to which the hon. Member refers reported to my predecessor in 1930. It is not possible within the limits of a question and answer to indicate the exact extent to which the model draft Ordinance prepared by the committee has been adopted in each Colony, Protectorate and Mandated Territory, as local conditions vary so widely. But I can say generally that steps have been or are being taken to give effect either by legislation or by administrative action to the recommendations made by the committee in so far as local circumstances and the existing financial situation permit.
§ Mr. LAWSONIs the right hon. Gentleman satisfied that this matter is receiving sympathetic attention?
§ Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTERYes, Sir.