Policing and Crime Bill
12:00 pm
Mr. Coaker: If you wanted to use the powers to introduce that, you could. However, we do not think that we will need to. There will be announcements from Jan Berry in the next few weeks that will deal with some of the issues with bureaucracy. Sir David Normington’s report into reducing the annual data requirement will also be released soon. There will be a number of measures that do not require the compilation of templates for a national suite of forms that could be mandated. The purpose of clause 11 is to inject a sense of momentum, urgency and pace into the procedures and processes. It is correct that there has been progress. We want to enhance that progress and push it further. We will mandate where necessary, but that will be a last resort.