Call for Evidence – Standing Committee for Youth Justice http://scyj.org.uk Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:27:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 SCYJ Give Oral Evidence To Criminal Justice and Courts Bill Committee https://www.scyj.org.uk/2014/03/scyj-give-oral-evidence-to-criminal-justice-and-courts-bill-committee/ Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:33:46 +0000 https://www.scyj.org.uk/?p=718 Today our Chair, Penelope Gibbs, gave evidence to the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill.  Penelope outlined the concerns we raised in the Second Reading Briefing we produced alongside the Howard League for Penal Reform and the Children’s Rights Alliance for England.

The below video shows the SCYJ’s oral evidence session as well as other sessions from from SCYJ Members The Howard League for Penal Reform, the Prison Reform Trust and the Prisoners Education Trust as well as our two observer organisations: The Office of the Children’s Commissioner and the Criminal Justice Alliance.

Session 1

Session 2

]]> SCYJ Submits Evidence to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Operation and Effectiveness of the Youth Court https://www.scyj.org.uk/2013/11/scyj-submits-evidence-to-the-parliamentary-inquiry-into-the-operation-and-effectiveness-of-the-youth-court/ Sun, 17 Nov 2013 19:29:05 +0000 https://www.scyj.org.uk/?p=480 A Parliamentary Inquiry has been set up under the chairmanship of Lord Alex Carlile QC, to investigate the operation and effectiveness of the youth justice system, including the experiences of young people. Lord Carlile will be assisted by a cross-party panel of six other parliamentarians. These are: Robert Buckland MP, Lord Bach, Lord Ponsonby, Baroness Greengross, Baroness Lane-Fox, Sarah Teather MP and Angela Watkinson MP. The inquiry is supported by the Michael Sieff Foundation, the National Children’s Bureau and the Dawes Trust.

The SCYJ response to the inquiries initial call for evidence is available here.

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