Extracts from remaining stages (Commons) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - July 5
Tuesday, 6 July 2021 07:58
Mary Kelly Foy (City of Durham) (Lab) [V]:...On top of this, the
draconian powers included in the Bill are being pushed upon police
despite their insistence that they do not want or need them. The
National Police Chiefs Council and the Association of Police and
Crime Commissioners have said that “trespass is a civil offence and
our view is that it should remain so”... Nick Thomas-Symonds
(Torfaen) (Lab):...Media reports even suggest that the National
Police Chiefs Council, the...Request free trial
(City of
Durham) (Lab) [V]:...On top of this, the draconian powers
included in the Bill are being pushed upon police despite their
insistence that they do not want or need them. The National Police
Chiefs Council and the Association of
Police
and Crime Commissioners have said that
“trespass is a civil offence and our view is that it should remain
so”...
(Torfaen)
(Lab):...Media reports even suggest that the National Police
Chiefs Council, the Association of
Police
and Crime Commissioners Her Majesty's
inspectorate of constabulary and fire and rescue services and the
Metropolitan police have all stated that they did not request these
noise clauses to be added to the Bill. Today, there is a piece in
The Times where senior former police officers have written warning
that this Bill is “dangerous” and has
“harmful implications for the ability of police officers to
enforce the law and for the health of our democracy.”
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