And she will have to pay for the privilege of having one!
Not so.
If she is doing 'Voluntary work' for little or no pay, it is free: http://www.crb.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=1846
Growler would have to pay, being a business, although if he were checked as a result of working (briefly) at a youth club it would be free and the check would still hold for Swamp Inc. . . 
Whatever. Money isn't the main issue here anyway, it's the bloody principle of it.
IT STINKS! 
Sorry old chap, I disagree.
If we put our children in the care others it is a comfort to know they are not perverts or violent rather than allow the likes of Fred West to be scoutmaster or whatever.
Ah ~ if only it worked that way ~ but of course it does not. Dunblane would still have happened. The man was legally in possession of the firearms, cleared to work as a youth leader ~ many had suspicions about him but those are not recorded by the CRB. Ergo no amount of CRB checks would have stopped him.
There is also a difference between that which is recorded by the CRB and those whose names may appear on the sex offenders register.
No system devised by man is ever going to be perfect but the one we have is another political knee jerk reaction that, put simply, is not fit for purpose. Sorry but I have used it often and found it to be flawed. That said I suppose if it stops one pervert then it has done some good.
Remember that the CRB can only record AFTER the event ~ it cannot predict nor does it hold records of suspicions ~ only convictions.
Of course it is flawed, but better than just relying on the vicar thinking they seem OK and regularly attend church.
Sorry Growler, but mini-Moose is only 5 years younger than Myra Hindley when she started. You and we know the Moose is OK, but others don't.
