Extracts from Committee stage (Lords) of the Domestic Abuse Bill - Jan 27
Thursday, 28 January 2021 08:16
Lord Dholakia (LD):...We have heard repeated questions in your
Lordships’ House about the serious crimes of rape and domestic
violence. We are thankful to a large number of charities which
provide shelters for victims and for the valuable work done by
volunteers, but that is not enough. We need to do more. We want
Police and Crime Commissioners to set out objectives for their
areas as identified by the domestic abuse commissioner... The
Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Williams of...Request free trial
(LD):...We have heard repeated questions in
your Lordships’ House about the serious crimes of rape and domestic
violence. We are thankful to a large number of charities which
provide shelters for victims and for the valuable work done by
volunteers, but that is not enough. We need to do more. We want
Police and Crime Commissioners to set
out objectives for their areas as identified by the domestic abuse
commissioner...
The Minister of State, Home Office ()
(Con):...We welcome HMICFRS’s decision to escalate the force
to its police performance oversight group, which includes senior
leaders from the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the College of
Policing, the Association of
Police
and Crime Commissioners and the Home Office.
It met on Monday 26 January to scrutinise GMP’s plans for
improvement and to consider whether additional support from within
the sector may be necessary to support the force in quickly
delivering the necessary step change in performance. We welcome
HMICFRS’s decision to reinspect the force in six months’ time to
assess progress; that is likely to be in May. As the noble Lord,
, outlined,
we expect the mayoral response to the report to be published no
later than 4 February...
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