Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Stop and Search: West Midlands - Nov 17

Gary Sambrook (Birmingham, Northfield) (Con): I will start by talking about stop and search as a tool that the police are able to use to tackle crime. Just this week in the Northfield constituency, we have seen our local police force working with the National Crime Agency  They have conducted a successful operation on the Cock Hill estate, taking four criminals and weapons in the form of a gun and knives off the streets. That is an example of how these powers are used every day to bring down crime in this country and to make our streets much safer...

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