Metropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders Inquest Debate

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Metropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders Inquest

Wera Hobhouse Excerpts
Monday 13th December 2021

(2 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kit Malthouse Portrait Kit Malthouse
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Obviously the Home Secretary, along with the Mayor of London, felt the current commissioner is the right person to do the job for the next two years. Of course these awful events happened when she was not in the employ of the Metropolitan police. However, the right hon. Gentleman makes a strong point about the culture of the Metropolitan police, and importantly that is something the leadership has acknowledged, hence the appointment of Dame Louise Casey.

Wera Hobhouse Portrait Wera Hobhouse (Bath) (LD)
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An Ipsos MORI poll suggests that trust in the police has fallen from 76% to 63%, especially among marginalised groups and the LGBTQ+ community. Will the Minister agree to the Liberal Democrat call for mandatory, UK-wide awareness training for the police on prejudice and unconscious bias?