On democratic accountability, does the Home Secretary accept that voter turnout is likely to be much higher in low-crime, leafy suburbs than in high-crime, poorer areas, so the democratic mandate is likely to contradict directly the need to prioritise the focus on crime? What is more, people will lose access to the interface with MPs, Assembly Members, councillors and so on, so there will be less democracy, less crime prevention and more cost.
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Geraint Davies
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 31 March 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill.
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