Time to punish the babymakers

So now we have yet another story of a child fathering another child.

Thirteen-year-old Alfie Patten who is 4ft tall and looks about 10 has become the father to Maisie with his 15-year-old Chantelle Steadman.

What chance does Maisie have in life? She will probably be raised by her grandparents who since they have singularly failed to imbue any sense of morals into their children can hardly be regarded as role models. Alfie's older sister Jade, now 19, also had a baby at the age of 13.

Alfie is a child. Asked what he will do financially for Maisie, Alfie - whose voice has not yet broken - replies: "What's 'financially'?"

He said that he and Chantelle had decided against an abortion, explaining:, "I thought it would be good to have a baby. I didn't think about how we could afford it. I don't really get pocket money. My dad sometimes gives me £10."

Mother and child are living with Chantelle's mother Penny, 38, her out-of-work father Steve, 43, and their family in a council house in Eastbourne, East Sussex. The family live on benefits. Isn't that a surprise? So another mouth to feed, another burden on the welfare state and does anyone really expect Alfie to pay for his daughter even when he grows up?

And another surprise... Sussex Police said they had looked into the case and decided it was "not in anyone's interests" for anyone to be prosecuted.

This news comes in the same week that it was announced that doctors will be paid bonuses for persuading teenagers to have long-lasting contraceptive implants and jabs without their parents' knowledge.

When will the establishment admit that sex education does not work? More sex education does not lower the number of pregnancies in the UK - it increases them.

As for Maisie, she should be adopted and her feckless father put into care.