Urgency

Hon GERRY BROWNLEE (Leader of the House) Link to this

I move, That urgency be accorded the introduction and first reading of the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill and the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Youth Courts Jurisdiction and Orders) Amendment Bill. These two bills are important to the Government. They each have different effects. One of the bills, should it be passed, will enable the courts to put stronger parole conditions on those appearing before them, particularly where violent offences are involved. The other bill will give the Youth Court a lot more flexibility in the way in which it may ask young people to engage in corrective activity.