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Crime and Policing

Proceeding contribution from David Lammy (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 8 September 2010. It occurred during Opposition day on Crime and Policing.
On that point, my recollection is—I think that the shadow Home Secretary said this in his contribution—that the previous Government did make some progress on bureaucracy. My concern, particularly on stop and search and stop and account, is that we have a long history in this country of recognising that they can have particular effects on particular communities. I hope that the right hon. Lady will be sensitive, particularly in relation to my constituency, to the fact that we have a long past for which this issue has been at the absolute apex of concern about crime. I do not want to see the sort of problems that we had in the 1980s again. When she says that bureaucracy is being reduced as regards stop and account, will she say whether there will still be accountability for stopping ethnic minorities, in particular?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
515 c363 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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