"My Lords, I join other noble Lords on the committee in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, for his excellent chairmanship of the sub-committee. His background and experience made him an ideal chairman to guide the committee through evidence-taking and producing what I believe is a very important report. I …..." Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate - View Speech
"My Lords, will the Minister tell us the cost of appointing police and crime commissioners and how many front-line officers that would represent?..." Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate - View Speech
"My Lords, given the emerging evidence of the employment of private investigators by the press involved in phone hacking, can the Minister give us an idea of when the Government intend to license such people?..." Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate - View Speech
"My Lords, are there lessons to be learnt from the Israelis in this? While people are waiting to be assessed and interviewed by the immigration authorities, assessments are made and they are profiled, and of course in some cases they are targeted very successfully...." Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate - View Speech
"My Lords, I, too, declare an interest as a former president of the Police Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales. The history of the police in this country throughout their relatively short life has been one of those rollercoaster rides of success and acclaim, with periods of crisis and threats …..." Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate - View Speech
"My Lords, will the noble Baroness give the House her definition of a front-line police officer, and does it include officers working under cover for some length of time?..." Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate my noble friends Lord Reid and Lord Browne on their powerful contributions to this debate, which augur well for the future of the House. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Jopling, for his chairmanship of the sub-committee, of which I am a relatively new member, …..." Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate - View Speech
"My Lords, how will the Government explain to the victims of serious crime the gross injustice caused by the reduction in the number of convictions which will inevitably occur following the reducing of the DNA register?..." Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate - View Speech
"My Lords, does the noble Baroness think that there is now a powerful case for looking at the size and number of police forces?..." Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate - View Speech