Campaigners attacked plans to introduce a new Criminal Justice Bill andto resurrect the Welfare Reform Bill.
The new Criminal Justice Bill will create a generic community sentencefor young offenders.
It will also give police new powers to evict anti-social tenants fromtheir homes and introduce "suspended fines" for parents of children whobreach behaviour contracts.
The 13,000 acceptable behaviour contracts currently in force arevoluntary.
Kathy Evans, policy director at The Children's Society, said: "Measuresto tackle anti-social behaviour such as evictions and penalty noticeswill only compound problems." Elaine Peace, southern director ofservices at NCH, said fining parents was "just skimming the surface of adeeper problem".
The Welfare Reform Bill, proposed in the last parliamentary session,includes provisions to withdraw housing benefit from anti-socialtenants.
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