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Policing and Crime Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru) in the House of Lords on Monday, 12 December 2016. It occurred during Debate on bills on Policing and Crime Bill.

On that very point, if the court determines at that stage whether or not to release information, surely there is every case to get consistency prior to that. I quoted five cases, I think it was, of different responses by the police in different parts of London. The absence of any consistent approach to this underlines that there is a serious problem. If the Government were willing to review how the mechanism of referring to the courts, which the Minister mentioned, can be brought in in a way that avoids the variety of ad hoc responses by the police, that might be one way forward. I would be very grateful if the Minister would consider that.

7 pm

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
777 c1073 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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