Extracts from committee stage (Lords) (day 1) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - Oct 20
Thursday, 21 October 2021 08:10
Lord Coaker (Lab):...Amendment 17 from the noble Earl, Lord
Attlee—again, this is the point of any Committee—removes any driver
from the Bill who is not a constable or civilian driving instructor
who is training a police driver. He is saying to the Government,
and I think it is a really good point, that they have a long list
of designated persons in the Bill—I will not read them all out. I
remind the Committee that it does not apply just to the police
force; it applies—and it is a...Request free trial
(Lab):...Amendment 17 from the noble Earl, Lord
Attlee—again, this is the point of any Committee—removes any driver
from the Bill who is not a constable or civilian driving instructor
who is training a police driver. He is saying to the Government,
and I think it is a really good point, that they have a long list
of designated persons in the Bill—I will not read them all out. I
remind the Committee that it does not apply just to the police
force; it applies—and it is a good thing the Government added this
to the Bill—to the British Transport Police, the Civil Nuclear
Police Authority, the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence,
the Scottish Police Authority and the National
Crime Agency These can be designated and it gives
power to the chief constables and chief officers of those to
designate a person, to give them the authority to drive in that way
if they have received training. The noble Earl, Lord Attlee, is
therefore right to ask why. What is the Government’s justification
for extending this to that range? There might be a very good reason
for it, but it is a point we need to understand...
(Con):...I think it is worth expanding on the
point made by my noble friend Lord Attlee about policing purposes,
but not, for example, law enforcement purposes. The term “policing
purposes” succinctly covers the types of driving that police
officers would be expected to undertake, and that term would take
its natural meaning. The term “law enforcement purposes” is more
appropriate for the National Crime
Agency given that it is a law enforcement agency but
not a police force, and that its activities may extend beyond
policing purposes to wider law enforcement purposes. In either
case, it would be for the courts to determine whether the driving
in question was being undertaken for policing purposes or law
enforcement purposes, as the case may be...
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