Extract from Commons consideration of the Draft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 - Sep 14

Tuesday, 15 September 2020 08:24

John Spellar (Warley) (Lab):...The Security Industry Authority is another one that has considerable problems. Those who remember the first police and crime commissioner elections know that those who had very minor convictions or cautions in their teenage years—they were often in their 50s or 60s —were denied the right to run as Police and Crime Commissioners even if they were major figures in their local societies. This mindset at the Home Office must change... To read the whole debate,...Request free trial