Rejected petition National Service for Unemployed Criminals

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Anyone between the ages of 18 - 30 years of age who is not gainfully employed or in full time education and is found guilty of an offence punishable by a prison sentence should be either forced to or given the option of spending the term of the sentence or a minimum of 6 months, which ever is greater, doing unpaid national service in the British Armed Forces.

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Date submitted 12 August 2011
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