I, too, have had experience of being in a police station, as a duty solicitor in my case, and therefore have seen for myself that the very last place these most vulnerable of people should be is a police station. Given that the Government have made commitments—indeed, financial commitments—on a diversion service, to ensure that the principle of diverting these vulnerable people is recognised, surely the next step is to support the principle of my hon. Friend’s new clause?
Care Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
David Burrowes
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 10 March 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Care Bill [Lords].
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