HC Deb 04 May 1967 vol 746 cc103-4W
48. Mr. Milne

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to prevent magistrates from naming offenders in juvenile courts.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

Section 49 of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, already prohibits the publication in newspapers of the name or any other identifying particulars of any child or young person concerned in proceedings in a juvenile court, unless the court or the Secretary of State is satisfied in any particular case that it is in the interests of justice to dispense with this requirement.