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Orders of the Day — Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill: Clause 3 — Applications (8 Jul 2008) has video

Andrew Dismore: ...had thrown up real questions of credibility. There may be no credibility problem in many of the 50 cases that we know about. The DPP said that such problems would arise in some of the 30 Operation Trident cases, but that implies that they would not in many others. The approach that I have outlined might be necessary in cases such as the Davis case, but that eventuality would probably turn...

Orders of the Day — Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill: Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill (8 Jul 2008) has video

Andrew Dismore: ...issue into account when deciding whether to grant an anonymity order. The DPP told us that there would be fewer cases involving anonymity. The undercover cases would be largely unaffected, but in Trident cases—he thought that there were about 30 Trident cases a year—the criminality of witnesses means that we may well not be able to prosecute all of them, as we do now. He could...

Orders of the Day — Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill: Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill (8 Jul 2008)

Andrew Dismore: ...he expected to see roughly the same number concerning undercover operations, but fewer instances relating to what he called the civilian cases, especially those involving gun crime under Operation Trident.

Topical Debate: Policing in London (27 Mar 2008) has video

Andrew Dismore: ...and a 26 per cent. reduction in knife-enabled crime across the 11 London boroughs. Operation Blunt's knife amnesty earlier in the year led to more than 1,000 knives being handed in, and Operation Trident solved 12 murders in 2004-05. It is interesting that when the hon. Member for Henley says that tough gun laws must be enforced, and talks about mandatory five-year sentencing introduced to...