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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 23 Nov 2015
Police: Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life

"My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Earl for bringing forward this debate. I declare my interests in policing and as the drafter of the first police code of ethics in 1991.

The report is extremely good and I read it with great interest. I agree with many …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 Nov 2015
Police: Officer Offences

"My Lords, I think that this is actually a problem of recording rather than having convicted officers still in the force. The reason for that is that they will have been charged in a police station and that fact will have gone to the professional standards department and the chief …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Nov 2015
Draft Investigatory Powers Bill

"My Lords, I echo the words of the noble Lord, Lord King, about the Minister. I am very glad that he is here. He has heard all the arguments before; he is familiar with the pressure from people who have been involved in these sorts of operations. The issue that …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 28 Oct 2015
Police: Cuts

"My Lords, I rise more in sadness than in anger. I have asked the Minister on a number of occasions in this House what the national strategy for policing is. The Minister, courteous as he is, has always answered, “Reducing crime”. Unfortunately, this week we know that, as we all …..."
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Written Question
Drugs: Crime
Wednesday 22nd July 2015

Asked by: Lord Blair of Boughton (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to require the Director of Public Prosecutions to produce guidance as to the circumstances under which possession of a psychoactive substance amounts to a possible offence of supplying or offering to supply under clause 5 of the Psychoactive Substances Bill.

Answered by Lord Bates

Under section 10 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 it is the responsibility of the Director of Public Prosecutions to issue guidance for Crown Prosecutors. We have worked closely with a range of partners, including the Crown Prosecution Service, in the course of the drafting of the Psychoactive Substances Bill and will continue to do so to ensure that the Bill is effectively implemented.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 08 Jul 2015
Investigatory Powers

"My Lords, I was not present yesterday because I was taking part in a number of the commemorative events for 7/7. The day provided a poignant counterpoint to the debate. Like other speakers, I welcome the debate and warmly welcome the report by David Anderson QC. I welcome his observation …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 17 Jun 2015
Communications Data

"My Lords, I wonder if I could ask the Minister to return to what the noble Lord, Lord Clinton-Davis, said: that the newspaper report said that the Home Office was not consulting senior police officers about the Communications Data Bill, as was, and which is now coming into the House. …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Jun 2015
Police and Crime Commissioners

"My Lords, I take this opportunity to welcome the Minister back to his position. Your Lordships will be aware that there is a certain amount of controversy in the Minister’s party about the judicial relationship between Strasbourg and London, which may in the future concern the voting rights of prisoners …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 26 Mar 2015
Police: Reduction in Numbers

"My Lords, just before the Christmas Recess I asked the Minister what the Government’s strategy was on policing. I was not very satisfied with his answer, so I will ask him again. Has he seen the comments of Chris Sims, the well respected chief constable of the West Midlands, about …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 17 Mar 2015
Water Cannon

"My Lords, the operational deployment of water cannon is a rather arcane subject, but I can inform the House that it has only two purposes. The first is to keep a distance between protesters and a site that needs to be protected, and the second is to keep apart protesters …..."
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