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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022
Metropolitan Police: Crime and Misconduct

"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the commitments made by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police on 18 November to tackle crime and misconduct within the Metropolitan Police...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 01 Dec 2022
Metropolitan Police: Crime and Misconduct

"My Lords, the Question which is the subject of this short debate refers to an important interview given by the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, to the Times on 18 November and published the following day. When Sir Mark took up his post in September, he promised to …..."
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Written Question
Mike Veale
Wednesday 16th November 2022

Asked by: Lord Lexden (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether there are any legal mechanisms to compel the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland to begin the gross misconduct hearing against Mike Veale, former Chief Constable for Cleveland which, when it was announced on 2 August 2021, was described as beginning “shortly”.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

The Government takes the accountability of the police very seriously and has delivered a number of reforms to strengthen the police disciplinary system. This included additional independence through the introduction of independent Legally Qualified Chairs (LQCs) in 2016. The Government has also recently announced an internal review in the process of police officer dismissals, which it expects to look at the existing model and composition of panels, including the impact of the role of LQCs.

But whilst arrangements concerning the establishment of a misconduct hearing are a matter for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), the management of the hearing itself is the responsibility of the independent LQCs. LQCs must commence a hearing within 100 days of an officer being provided a notice referring them to proceedings, but may extend this period where an LQC considers it is in the interests of justice to do so. Decisions made within a hearing are done so independently of PCCs as well as Government.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Police and Crime Commissioners and Panels

"My Lords, should not the police and crime panel in Leicestershire be urged to pass a vote of censure on the irresponsible PCC Mr Rupert Matthews for paying some £100,000 per year for advice from Mr Mike Veale, a discredited policeman who is facing a gross misconduct hearing? Could not …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Police and Crime Commissioners

"To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the powers and functions of police and crime commissioners...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Police and Crime Commissioners

"My Lords, I have two objectives. The first is to draw together and reiterate a number of concerns which I have raised in speeches and in Oral Questions and Written Questions over the last four years. My concerns relate to misconduct in three of the areas where police and crime …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Police and Crime Commissioners

"What do the Government plan to do to prevent serious misconduct hearings being indefinitely delayed, as has happened in Cleveland? What will the Government do to get clear answers to public inquiries made to the offices of police and crime commissioners, instead of the hopeless and inadequate answers that I …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2022
Metropolitan Police: Misconduct

"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the interim report by Baroness Casey of Blackstock on misconduct in the Metropolitan Police, published on 17 October...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2022
Metropolitan Police: Misconduct

"My Lords, does not this report make the most painful reading? It is painful for the Government, who have done little to bear down on police misconduct; painful for fine and trustworthy police officers, who have discharged their duty without fault over many years; and painful above all for those …..."
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Written Question
Mike Veale
Tuesday 20th September 2022

Asked by: Lord Lexden (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government who is the legally qualified chair in charge of the misconduct hearing that is to be convened for Mike Veale, former Chief Constable of Cleveland Police.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Arrangements concerning the misconduct hearing for Mike Veale, former Chief Constable of Cleveland Police, are a matter for the Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Cleveland.