CPS Guidance: Intentional Police Shootings - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:08 pm on 29 October 2024.

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Photo of Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Green 3:08, 29 October 2024

My Lords, it is all very well to say that there should not be any tension but, in fact, of course there is. One of the problems we have is that firearms on British streets are very rare. That is why a shooting has such a huge shock value to a lot of us. As the Minister has said, certain communities feel that they bear the brunt of police shootings, violence and, quite often, persecution. Does the Minister agree that transparency is vital? It should not look as though the whole system is closing off against those communities.