Arrangements to safeguard and promote welfare
Children Bill [Lords]
11:15 am
Mr Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre, Labour)
Surely the police service is no less important to social cohesion than the immigration service. No one is suggesting that the function given to the police service to make arrangements to safeguard and promote children's welfare will stop them dealing with crime or arresting people. If we continue to draw this distinction, we are falling into the difficulty that the hon. Member for Hertsmere and the Joint Committee on Human Rights identified, that we could be seen to discriminate against people.