Gavin Newlands: ...the Dispatch Box and try to legislate to attack the rights of workers in Scotland. Scotland does not want this. Scotland is a modern country, and modern countries have a modern industrial relations policy. Modern countries treat their citizens like human beings, not a force to be crushed, and we have a mandate from the electorate for just that. Given that the Scottish Government have...
Lord Sharpe of Epsom: ...It provides both clarity to the law and a threshold that addresses the public’s frustration with disruptive protests. I will now speak to government Amendments 48 and 49. The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service has asked for further legislative clarity on police powers to manage public processions and assemblies. These powers are conferred by Section 12 of the Public Order...
Baroness Kramer: ...power is abused, and whistle- blowing is both the best deterrent and often a necessary step to cure. But organisations so often welcome whistleblowers in their speeches, and perhaps in very general policy terms, but not in the practical reality. I have to keep a good distance from sources because here in the House of Lords we do not have the power to protect their confidentiality. But over...
Lord Wallace of Saltaire: ...of cynicism and a negative reaction from those who are asked to do the reporting. In the last week, I have received a dozen representations, not just from media and academic sources—the liberal metropolitan elite, whom the Minister may regard as not terribly important—but from the City and commercial enterprises, which are as worried about the negative impact that the Bill could have...
Lord Purvis of Tweed: ...published The Principles Relating to the Detention and Interviewing of Detainees Overseas and the Passing and Receipt of Intelligence Relating to Detainees. There is equivalent Ministry of Defence policy as well. This guidance also covers staff of SO15 in the Metropolitan Police Service and officers of the National Crime Agency. Clause 28 refers only to “the Security Service, the Secret...
Lord Sharpe of Epsom: ...as such was invited to provide a response. Whether it did, I do not know. Like the proposed approach to SVROs, knife crime prevention orders, which have been referred to, are being piloted in the Metropolitan Police area and can only be issued in that force area. However, the orders are also enforceable across England and Wales. I stress that this is only a pilot, but we are revising the...
Dean Russell: ... the Member for Dartford (Gareth Johnson) for calling this really important debate. I hope that the Mayor has been watching the debate to hear the forensic take-down of the reasons behind the policy. It has been quite powerful hearing colleagues speak about the actual facts behind this, because it is a really important debate that will affect constituents who cannot vote for the Mayor....
Gavin Newlands: ...the M25 can go to the back of the queue when transport investment is being lined up. The current crisis on the west coast line may be because of current events, but its origins lie in decades of metropolitan establishment disdain for what are still condescendingly called “the regions”. I am afraid that, unless and until England begins to radically change the way in which it makes...
Munira Wilson: ...that many of its own asset sales are prioritised for social housing, where appropriate. That comes at a cost for a cash-strapped council. Indeed, a concern has been raised with me, not least by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, about the impact that the new clause would have on its finances if it sold below market value. We could have a debate about whether it should be better funded...
Lord Davies of Brixton: ...a whole. I am pleased that, as already mentioned, the report goes out of its way to distinguish the situation in the fire service from that described in the recent report about the culture in the Metropolitan Police Service. Nevertheless, there are sufficient similarities, along with reports about what has happened in the Armed Forces, to suggest that there is a particular dynamic at play...
Viscount Chandos: ...to ensure that, at the very least, adequate transitional arrangements are put in place for ENO and all the organisations suffering severe proposed cuts? If necessary, will the Government vary the policy and directions relating to lottery funding to enable it to be used to supplement the grant in aid for core funding? There is no point adhering blindly to the principle of additionality if...
Lord Sharpe of Epsom: I shall get back to the noble Lord on that point. To conclude on that issue, these decisions will be subject to parliamentary approval. Secondly, I assure noble Lords that all the policy in the Bill is subject to collective agreement and has the support of the full Government. It is also important to note that the Government undertook a consultation on the Bill, including FIRS, in the summer...
Lord Callanan: ...about the bullying and unethical treatment of my noble friend Lord Shinkwin, and I was sorry to hear about the experiences of the noble Baroness, Lady Jones. It is of course ridiculous that the Metropolitan Police was wasting resources on keeping a file on her; I assume it must have arisen from her membership of the jam-makers’ liberation army and other such extremist organisations....
Lord Sharpe of Epsom: ...and victims with the respect that they deserve. As the largest police force in England and Wales, with responsibilities extending beyond the vast task of policing and protecting the capital, the Metropolitan Police Service has a central role to play. The Government are committed to working with the Met Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, and the whole of his organisation. Their task is clear:...
Caroline Russell: The uniform and dress code policy of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) states that the MPS don't wear badges advertising causes, beliefs, or charities, except in a few circumstances such as the Police Memorial Day badge, the red poppy of The Royal British Legion, and the Help for Heroes badge and wrist band. Despite this, I still regularly see officers walking around with the ‘thin blue...
Sadiq Khan: The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have agreed that as of 1st April this year to review every More Thorough Intimate Part search and check every single strip search of a child in custody. This is to ensure they are carried out properly, in line with current policy and that children are safeguarded. In line with the IOPC Statutory Guidance, as necessary, cases will be referred to the IOPC....
Sadiq Khan: In response to my calls for greater transparency, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has recently published a data dashboard on More Thorough Searches with Intimate Parts Exposed – which includes if an appropriate adult was present. Given the important role of Appropriate Adults (AAs) in ensuring that detained children and adults at risk understand what is happening to them and why, the...
Sadiq Khan: ...powers. There are several levels of search, referred to as ‘more thorough searches’, i.e. searches that require the removal of more than jacket, outer coat and gloves (see Table A below). The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is currently reviewing the publication of the NPCC’s ‘Trans Guidance for the Policing Sector’ and once a position has been taken, the MPS Stop and Search...
Lord Gilbert of Panteg: ...TV and film production, broadcasting and content distribution sectors to levelling up. The creative industries generally and these sectors specifically should be right at the heart of industrial policy, and the Government should not be afraid of giving strategic direction. The UK is attracting huge investment. Global players are here because of the facilities and talent that they can draw...
Lord Coaker: ...of accountability was needed. There was a belief that the public were shut out of decisions with respect to the policing of their own communities and that something had to be done. Of course, the policy debate that then takes place is about what that is. How do you give the public a say without interfering with the operational independence of the police? That was the establishment of the...
