Stop and Search Debate

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Department: Home Office

Stop and Search

Andrew Bridgen Excerpts
Monday 12th November 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Hurd Portrait Mr Hurd
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I do, and the hon. Gentleman is echoing exactly the argument I have made at this Dispatch Box. Stop and search is a vital tool and we want to see it used; we continue to want to see it used lawfully, in a targeted, intelligence-led way, but we want to see it used.

Andrew Bridgen Portrait Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con)
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Will my right hon. Friend remind the House as to which community’s members are predominantly the victims of the violent crime that these measures are designed to address?

Nick Hurd Portrait Mr Hurd
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My hon. Friend makes and important point, one that has been echoed by people such as Trevor Phillips. It is clear to us—I speak as a London MP—that the tragic faces staring at us out of the pages of London’s Evening Standard are almost overwhelmingly those of young black boys.