§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Reading, West (Sir A. Durant) of 16 June,Official Report, column 571, how many representations about his current proposals to deal with persistent juvenile offenders have been made in total; how many of these representations were from (a) individuals and (b) organisations; and, of the organisations which made representations, which were opposed to the proposals.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 19 July 1993]: A total of 62 written representations have been received in response to the Government's proposals, of which 10 were from individuals. The majority of those who responded agreed that the powers of the courts should be strengthened in order that they could deal more effectively with persistent juvenile offenders. Respondents differed about the nature of the new powers that were required and the ways in which they should be put into effect.