:01:43. > :01:47.In the East Midlands: should we chemically castrate sex offenders?
:01:47. > :01:57.After a protest in our cities, is its highly found more sites for
:01:57. > :01:57.
:01:57. > :33:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 1898 seconds
:33:36. > :33:45.The idea of chemical castration sounds awfully intrusive. Are you
:33:45. > :33:52.on the side of the offender? don't think it's an either or
:33:52. > :33:55.situation. There are around 100 offenders receiving it. Around one
:33:55. > :34:05.in ten are receiving something that could be described as chemical
:34:05. > :34:07.
:34:08. > :34:12.castration. The vast majority are given chemicals. There are hormonal
:34:12. > :34:20.drugs. They obliterate the sex drive, they have quite serious
:34:20. > :34:29.side-effects. Some of the effect would be similar to a sex change.
:34:29. > :34:35.They could feminise the male body. Osteoporosis can be a side-effect.
:34:35. > :34:41.Our concern is sex offending, the medical solution is not necessarily
:34:41. > :34:48.the answer. It is also not about the sex. It is about behaviour and
:34:48. > :34:53.attitudes. There are programmes in prisons which are the Best and
:34:53. > :34:58.proven way of tackling sex offending. Is there a danger, if I
:34:58. > :35:05.can put it that way, if this pilot is seen to be a big success, there
:35:05. > :35:15.may be a clamour that politicians may find hard to resist? That would
:35:15. > :35:17.
:35:17. > :35:21.be very concerning. The law takes away someone's liberty. There would
:35:21. > :35:30.be an additional punishment. We have concerns. The scheme is
:35:30. > :35:34.voluntary. There are concerns about how voluntary it really is. You may
:35:35. > :35:38.feel under pressure, potentially, I'm not saying it is happening, but
:35:38. > :35:47.if it was rolled out across the country. People could feel pressure
:35:47. > :35:52.to take part in these kind of test. -- tests, in order to be released.
:35:52. > :36:00.I don't think that is the Best thing. Thank you very much.
:36:00. > :36:04.That whole issue about it being the thin end of a disturbing wedge.
:36:04. > :36:11.That would be rather concerning. I wouldn't want to see that happen.
:36:11. > :36:21.This is very much on the margins. There must be done with the consent
:36:21. > :36:21.
:36:21. > :36:26.of the offenders. Prison is as much about rehabilitation as punishment.
:36:27. > :36:34.Punishment is about being locked up. This is a voluntary, I have spoken
:36:34. > :36:39.to people, they are describing their own libido and character.
:36:39. > :36:44.Thank you are much indeed. We will want to know how this pilot
:36:44. > :36:49.scheme works out. Another issue about which feelings
:36:49. > :36:54.run high. How do tackle the problems surrounding illegal travel
:36:54. > :37:04.accounts? Legalising the camps is one answer, if only it was that
:37:04. > :37:08.
:37:08. > :37:16.simple. Community forum meetings do not
:37:16. > :37:23.often attract crowds like this. A traveller groups around the agenda,
:37:23. > :37:30.and fear is filling the hall. know they have to live somewhere,
:37:30. > :37:38.but please not here. I shudder to think what will happen. House
:37:38. > :37:42.prices will go down, there will be more trouble in Birstall. What they
:37:42. > :37:46.are worried about is the prospect of three permanent gypsy and
:37:46. > :37:56.travellers' site being built by the City Council near their village.
:37:56. > :37:57.
:37:57. > :38:07.Each side would house a -- Wood House 6-10 families. They would be
:38:07. > :38:12.
:38:12. > :38:19.at Greengate Lane, B Beaumont away and read your way. The council says
:38:19. > :38:28.that enough is enough. We have had 90 camps, unauthorised. That is
:38:28. > :38:34.something that is intolerable for local people. Beefier of another
:38:34. > :38:39.Dale Farm, the site in Essex, that cost millions to Claire, stalks all
:38:39. > :38:49.councils. In its wake, the government has set aside �60
:38:49. > :38:50.
:38:50. > :39:00.million to provide a new permanent site. They say it would be a local
:39:00. > :39:03.
:39:03. > :39:08.community. The travellers are every bit as scared as the local people.
:39:08. > :39:14.It makes me feel sad. We have been hears, our children have been to
:39:14. > :39:19.school there. We have never caused any hassle to anybody. Here in
:39:19. > :39:26.Derby, they have built a �1.6 million permanent site, following a
:39:26. > :39:31.seven year wrangling. By all accounts, this is a real success
:39:31. > :39:37.story. It is well-built, well- appointed, the residents pay
:39:37. > :39:40.council tax, water rates, and other services. We would like to have
:39:40. > :39:50.shown you have what it is like, but the residents are so suspicious
:39:50. > :39:54.about being misrepresented, and they told us we are not welcome.
:39:54. > :40:04.There is now so much fear and suspicion. Back in Leicestershire,
:40:04. > :40:05.
:40:05. > :40:15.there is also anger. I think the view of the people are Burstall is,
:40:15. > :40:18.
:40:18. > :40:23.they are quite upset. -- of Birstall. They are quite upset.
:40:23. > :40:27.They think it's unfair to have three sides so close to each other.
:40:27. > :40:37.That was reflected in the meeting that we filmed. Council officials
:40:37. > :40:39.
:40:39. > :40:42.struggled to be heard. For me, I would say it is blind fear. I have
:40:42. > :40:50.worked with travellers all across the region, there are only a
:40:50. > :40:54.handful that caused problems. That percentage is normal for any
:40:54. > :41:02.section of the community. consultation clock is now ticking,
:41:02. > :41:12.just six weeks. That will not mark the end of this explosive debate.
:41:12. > :41:15.
:41:15. > :41:24.You are at Shadow communities minister -- you are the Shadow
:41:24. > :41:29.Communities Minister. We didn't do enough. We need to provide more
:41:29. > :41:33.sites. People are so exercised by the prospect of a travellers' site
:41:33. > :41:38.being established near to where they live, by be a legal incomes
:41:38. > :41:45.that they see, as he saw in your package, the site in Derby, which
:41:45. > :41:53.is an official site, run by the council, is extremely well run.
:41:54. > :42:00.They pay council tax. Actually, it is fitting in very well with the
:42:00. > :42:10.local environment. If you look at official site, regulated sides,
:42:10. > :42:11.
:42:12. > :42:15.that is the picture that you will see. The problem is, because local
:42:15. > :42:23.authorities find it very difficult to deliver aid regulated side. They
:42:23. > :42:32.have shied away from it. My fear is that the government legislation
:42:32. > :42:35.will make it more difficult for local authorities. We may see more
:42:35. > :42:44.illegal income springing up. Isn't that the opposite of what is
:42:44. > :42:48.happening? More money has been made available for legal sites. Chris
:42:48. > :42:56.makes some very good points. This is a problem that is always largely
:42:56. > :43:02.in the imagination. My experiences this. The well-regulated sides that
:43:02. > :43:08.we have, they work well. There are those who don't choose to live on
:43:08. > :43:16.those sites. Their reputation travels before them. There is more
:43:16. > :43:26.money being made available. The legislation is there, the money is
:43:26. > :43:27.
:43:27. > :43:31.there, it can be made to work. Under the coalition government, is
:43:32. > :43:41.it possible that the whole issue about travellers' sites is being
:43:42. > :43:48.
:43:48. > :43:54.pushed to councils? It has always been the local authorities decision.
:43:55. > :43:59.The travellers' site in Derby was originally envisaged in any event.
:43:59. > :44:09.I hope that what the government is doing well lead to properly
:44:09. > :44:16.
:44:16. > :44:26.regulated site being provided where they are needed. The fear is bear.
:44:26. > :44:29.
:44:29. > :44:33.People view traveller sites as unlawful. If you are a political
:44:33. > :44:43.group, you won't have time to implemented before the election
:44:43. > :44:45.
:44:46. > :44:52.comes along. -- implement it. Briefly, is there an issue that the
:44:52. > :45:01.least people are talking about this? I think people running scared
:45:01. > :45:07.of this in the past. -- I think people were running scared of this
:45:07. > :45:10.in the past. I'm optimistic. Would you think the future is, in terms
:45:10. > :45:20.of legal travellers' sites, the money is there, to think it would
:45:20. > :45:21.
:45:21. > :45:27.be so hard to set up? -- de think it won't be so hard to set up?
:45:27. > :45:31.think where it is a political hot potato, where it can be an
:45:31. > :45:41.advantage to oppose it, it can be tricky in those circumstances to
:45:41. > :45:51.deliver the site that is needed. Time for our round-up of the
:45:51. > :45:53.
:45:53. > :45:57.political stories in 60 seconds. Derby's planning committee has
:45:57. > :46:05.given the go-ahead for a �20 million a Velodrome and concert
:46:05. > :46:09.venue near Pride Park. The council hopes to sell the naming rights.
:46:09. > :46:19.The Burton MP has pleaded that the Chancellor to spare a thought for
:46:19. > :46:23.East Midlands beer drinkers. Will he take his Treasury colleagues
:46:23. > :46:29.south Arabia and tell them not to put up the duty on the great
:46:29. > :46:36.British pint? Derby councillors looks set to proceed with
:46:36. > :46:40.controversial cuts to voluntary groups in the city.
:46:40. > :46:47.Finally, a mother says she is outraged after her son was strip-
:46:47. > :46:57.searched by the police. Officers were told that police were carrying
:46:57. > :46:57.
:46:57. > :47:04.drugs in their underwear. Two boys were arrested and released on bail.
:47:04. > :47:14.Do you understand about mothers out rage? -- tu understand that a
:47:14. > :47:16.
:47:16. > :47:26.mother's outrage? I understand totally. The police say they
:47:26. > :47:26.
:47:26. > :47:32.followed the guidelines totally. can't imagine the police got it
:47:32. > :47:37.wrong. I would like to hear their account. Your view of this? I think
:47:37. > :47:41.they did. I think they were unnecessarily heavy-handed. Drugs
:47:41. > :47:51.are a menace, and the need to address that that schools. I think
:47:51. > :47:55.the police went to be too far -- went a bit too far. There are ways
:47:55. > :48:05.to do this without strip-searched in them. Particularly without their
:48:05. > :48:06.
:48:06. > :48:11.parents' knowledge. They could have notified the parents. They say they
:48:11. > :48:21.notified the parents, it might have tipped the children off to the
:48:21. > :48:22.
:48:22. > :48:29.wrong doing. I think the way they handled this has alienated the
:48:29. > :48:35.police. I have the greatest respect for Derbyshire Police. I know the
:48:35. > :48:45.Chief Constable. They acted within the guidelines, but maybe the
:48:45. > :48:54.guidelines are wrong. They need to take account into the situation.
:48:54. > :49:04.brief update at patients at Rampton Hospital. -- a brief update on
:49:04. > :49:05.
:49:05. > :49:10.patients. They are still getting disability allowance. I simply
:49:10. > :49:17.don't understand why patients in hospital getting this form support.
:49:17. > :49:26.Please believe me, I will still go back to ask questions. -- are not
:49:26. > :49:36.getting the support. This argument is going round and round. It seems
:49:36. > :49:49.
:49:49. > :49:55.to be it bouncing back and four. -- 4th back and forth. We come back to
:49:55. > :50:05.talk about this? I hope not. I'll talk to the government about this.
:50:05. > :50:06.