Ms Koulla Yiasouma:

-----after a period. However, there could be some sort of an assessment for the older ones to ask where they are at, after a period of supervision and they have served their sentence. The recommendation is right. We know Simon Weston, a Falklands war veteran, did something as a child. I cannot remember what it was. I think it was a minor theft. He could not stand for certain positions because it followed him through, even though he had been hailed as a hero. Young people say they cannot rewrite their story when they want to go for a job, because they have this record lurking in their background. Our vetting procedure in the North, AccessNI, is being much more pro-holding back, rather than showing everybody everything if there is no need to or it is not relevant. It makes it very difficult for young people to be able to take the work they have done on themselves and move on to the next stage if certain paths are closed to them, because it will be disclosed that they have offended. I am in favour of wiping the slate clean, with some caveats.