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Crime and Policing

Proceeding contribution from Alan Johnson (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 8 September 2010. It occurred during Opposition day on Crime and Policing.
Will the Home Secretary confirm that the figure, which is in the White Paper, comes from the international crime victims survey, which was last carried out in 2004 and surveys 2,000 people—in comparison with the British crime survey, which surveys 45,000 people—and sometimes takes its statistics from those convicted, a very important point that was raised in an earlier intervention, and sometimes has nothing to do with the level of crimes? It is not a basis for saying that we have the highest crime rates in Europe. Will she confirm that?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
515 c360-1 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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