Extract from
Westminster Hall debate on Vehicle Tampering Offences
(Pontypridd)
(Lab):...That is an important point. As I have previously
mentioned, my constituency has been blighted by vehicles with
illegally modified exhausts speeding through our communities.
Last summer, after discussions with South
Wales Police it launched Operation Buena, and in
just one night in Llantrisant, it issued 12 motorists with
speeding fines and 10 with prohibition notices. That is
completely unsustainable, and the police clearly need more
resources to get on top of the matter. What conversations has the
Minister had with her Home Office colleagues on giving them
further resources to deal with the issue?
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Extract from Commons
consideration of Lords message on the Police, Crime, Sentencing
and Courts Bill
(Cynon Valley)
(Lab):...Colleagues on the Government side have said that the
police want this legislation, but police constables in Wales have
expressed significant reservations about the Bill in recent
evidence to the Welsh Affairs Committee. Carl Foulkes of North
Wales Police said that police officers could choose not to
enforce part of the Bill. Jeremy Vaughan of South Wales
Police insisted that
“protest…by its very nature, needs to be disruptive”.
He insisted that “most” in the police would be “vociferous and
protective” of the public’s right to protest...
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