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We might discuss them later but they are not new—indeed, most of us know what they are—and they might well have to be addressed.The third issue is the level of resources that can be raised at local level.
I believe that we will get our fair share of that, and we might go beyond it with the new proposition in Scotland.We had a meeting in the Parliament to brainstorm with the practitioners.
The sentencing council will no doubt help in that area in due course, and we should wish that new body well. The bill is not the last word on automatic early release, either.
It is worth noting that, despite the rather panicky additional interim funding of £10 million that the Minister for Children and Young People rushed out, the new fund is still worth less than the support that was previously available.