The government laid out its response yesterday (17 June) following the publication of the BYC’s Youth Select Committee’s knife crime report in 2019.
However, the Youth Select Committee has expressed concern that “the government has ignored many of the recommendations made by the group of young people”.
It has criticised the inclusion of the controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in the government’s response to its report, saying: “The committee believes the bill works to extend punitive measures and could take more steps to enshrine preventative measures into law."
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