I have heard this example—7 per cent—several times, but what percentage of population does that reflect? The reality is that police authority members represent a far higher percentage of the population than in terms of ward, which is actually a rather meaningless context since a lot of wards have very few people in them.
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Henig
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 14 September 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill.
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