Schedule 2 - Amendments to the Police Act 1996
Police and Justice Bill
2:15 pm
Martin Horwood (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Cheltenham, Liberal Democrat)
There may be some kind of demand, but I am confused as to whether the hon. Gentleman’s party is saying that it is demanding that form of direct election. We have talked a lot about accountability to democratic bodies. I have made this point already, but I should like to ask him, since he is talking about it, whether he is advocating directly elected police constables or officers of the Crown Prosecution on the American model. Direct election to interfere in such areas goes well beyond British experience, but that seems to be the logic of the hon. Gentleman’s argument. Is he arguing for that?