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Respect Agenda

Put that the wife of Gary Newlove had spoken this morning about the Respect Agenda failing, the PMS replied that the Respect Agenda was being taken forward and the Prime Minister was very keen on taking action to deal with the causes of crime, particularly among young people. The Government had created a new department, the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) that brought together in an integrated and coherent way, the issues that affected young people. The Children’s Plan set out a number of issues in relation to this area.

Asked if the Prime Minister would recognise the description of the Respect Agenda as failing, given the amount of loutish behaviour among young people, the PMS replied that the overwhelming majority of young people in this country were well behaved, diligent and should be praised. Where there were problems, they needed to be addressed, but he did not think the Prime Minister would recognise the characterisation placed on it by the journalist.

Asked if there was such a thing as the Respect Agenda still, the PMS said that the responsibility for dealing with young peoples issues had been changed in the formation of the new department (DCSF.)

From memory, the PMS thought there had been some organisational changes that had flowed from that, However, the principles underlying the Respect Agenda, such as the need to continue to address anti-social behaviour, was something that the Prime Minister took very seriously.

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