My Lords, I will briefly support the noble Viscount. I would not want to put a police officer in the very difficult position of having to decide whether to get involved in close engagement with someone who is very dangerous or use a conventional firearm, with all the difficulties that that entails.
Policing and Crime Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Earl Attlee
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 30 November 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Policing and Crime Bill.
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