Extract from committee stage (Lords) (day 1) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - Oct 20

Thursday, 21 October 2021 08:40

Earl Attlee (Con): My Lords, we are extraordinarily lucky to have the expertise of the noble Lord, Lord Paddick. I have just one anxiety about a national standard: conditions in the Metropolitan Police area are different from those facing, say, Devon and Cornwall Police.  Devon and Cornwall Police might not have to dismount someone riding a motorbike illegally very often, whereas I suspect it is something the Metropolitan Police has to do quite often. On the one hand, I...Request free trial