Clause 1 - Drinking banning orders
Violent Crime Reduction Bill
10:30 am
Mark Prisk (Whip, Whips; Hertford and Stortford, Conservative)
Does the hon. Lady seriously suggest that the new powers would mean that only one policeman would be engaged in the situation of which she spoke? The issue is about the resources available in our town centres, not whether there is another sheaf of new powers for the police, and therefore paperwork for them to complete. The simple, practical, awful reality is that some people behave in the way that the hon. Lady describes. That is an operational issue; it has nothing to do with new laws.