Clause 5 - Community support officers: power to deal with truants
Police and Justice Bill
Public Bill Committees, 21 March 2006, 4:45 pm
Nick Herbert (Shadow Minister (Police Reform), Home Affairs; Arundel & South Downs, Conservative)
Will the training that the Minister promised be provided under the statutory provision in the Bill? In other words, will chief officers have a duty to provide the training under clause 4(6) or will it be a discretionary matter? Was the Minister just expressing a desire that there should be training?