§ Dame Jill KnightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the steps the Government has taken to endorse parents' responsibility for their children's behaviour.
§ Mr. John PattenThe Criminal Justice Bill contains provisions designed to bring home to parents their accountability when their children offend. It contains provisions for parents' attendance at court with their children, for parents' payment of their children's fines and for parents to be bound over to look after their children properly.