_Ordered_, "That the period set down by Order of the House dated 20
April 1955 within which the Juvenile Delinquency Committee was
required to present its report be extended to 1 October 1955."
(Hon. Mr ALGIE.)
The Committee met on two days during the recess and on a number of
occasions during the 1955 session.
For many reasons which need not be set out in this report, but which
were communicated to Parliament, it was found impossible to present a
report within the limits of time allowed, and by resolution of the
House it was finally agreed that the report should be presented on or
before the 1st day of October 1955.
We have given careful attention to each and every one of the
recommendations of the Mazengarb Committee. We have not felt it to be
our duty to hear over again all or any of the evidence placed before
that Committee, nor have we regarded it as our duty to deal broadly
with the incidence and causes of moral delinquency, or with the
discovery and presentation of remedies for this social malady. On the
contrary, we felt that we were required:
(1) To study the legislation relating to this subject and enacted
by Parliament in 1954, to consider its efficacy, and, if possible,
to make recommendations for its improvement, and
(2) To consider the suggestions made by the Mazengarb Committee for
action by particular Government Departments, to give an opinion as
to how far such recommendations could be given practical effect,
and to set out for the information of Parliament the extent to
which those recommendations had been put into operation.
Our views, suggestions, and recommendations are as follows: