Stephen Lawrence

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 3:34 pm on 24 April 2012.

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Photo of Kris Hopkins Kris Hopkins Conservative, Keighley 3:34, 24 April 2012

In my constituency, many young people from the black and minority ethnic community do not believe the police force is their police force. One of the principal reasons is that they think racism still manifests itself in a minority of police officers. Regardless of the Home Secretary’s deliberations and decisions, does the Minister agree that the true cost that should be paid is for senior police officers to get hold of these individuals and sack them for gross misconduct?