My hon. Friend said that some 40 attacks happen every week and that that figure could be as high as 120 as a result of under-reporting. Does he think that creating the offence in the Bill would increase the level of reporting to the higher figure, and does he agree that there is currently under-reporting because action is rarely taken?
Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Jim Dowd
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 3 March 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill.
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