Committee (2nd Day)

Part of Scotland Bill – in the House of Lords at 6:30 pm on 19 January 2016.

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Photo of Lord Sanderson of Bowden Lord Sanderson of Bowden Conservative 6:30, 19 January 2016

I, too, have grave concerns about this part of the Smith commission report, in paragraph 67, on the functions of the British police in Scotland being a devolved matter. We have heard from somebody from Northern Ireland on this whole question of security, which is so important. Why, if we have something that works as the British Transport Police does, do we change it? It is very dangerous to change it in this Bill—and I hope that my friend on the Front Bench will be able to give us a reasonable answer.