Clause 49 - Railways policing plan
Railways and Transport Safety Bill
9:30 am
Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West and Penistone, Labour)
I am listening with great interest to what the hon. Lady is saying about local partnerships. There may well be the possibility of the railway police feeding into the local community partnership. The Minister may wish to give thought to that because it would allow for the involvement of the overall community, particularly schools. Where there is a high crime rate on a particular route at a given location in a community, there will be a chance to bring the whole of the community together within the local partnership.