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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill27 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill27 Oct 2021HANSARDSexual Misconduct in the PoliceI must join the noble Lord in expressing my disgust. Every one of those numbers represents a person who has been the victim of sexual misconduct by a serving police officer. On…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSexual Misconduct in the PoliceI thank the noble Baroness for that question and for the conversation that we had the other day on this matter. On whether the inquiry could be on a statutory footing, one change…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSexual Misconduct in the PoliceI repeat my response to the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, that every report or allegation of police misconduct for a sexual purpose must be referred to the IOPC. It will be up to…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSexual Misconduct in the PoliceI have the utmost sympathy with the second part of the noble Baroness’s question, because, were I to have been stopped by that killer, I would have complied. Something that is at…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSexual Misconduct in the PoliceOn the noble Lord’s latter question about “the rapist”, it is pretty disgusting, if indeed it is true. On what the Home Office is doing now about vetting, new recruits are subject…26 Oct 2021HANSARDSexual Misconduct in the PoliceOfficers can be and are suspended for allegations of misconduct. Every case is different, so it is left to the discretion of police chiefs to decide on a case-by-case basis. I…26 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe decision may be challenged, but the person who decides would be the person who holds the data.25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe detection and prevention of serious violence would be the relevant part, which also reads across to the Care Act 2014. There would have to be a public interest assessment and…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Young of Cookham for setting out the case for these amendments. I fully agree with him that local authorities and housing…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI think what I said to the House was that households containing dependent children have a priority need and that a person may be assessed as having priority need if they were…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, the hour is late. Might the noble Lord permit me to discuss, perhaps in the next few days, the seeming contradiction between those two things?25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI thank the noble Lord for his brevity and thank the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, and other noble Lords for setting out the case for these amendments. The noble Baroness put…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have set out the case for the various amendments in this group. The noble Lord, Lord Coaker, pointed out that certain crimes are up, and he…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillCertainly, I completely concur with the noble Baroness and there will be ample opportunity to look at the draft guidance as well.25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate; it has been incredibly informative. On the last point made by the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, about further…25 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, set out, this amendment seeks to further improve the timeliness of disciplinary and misconduct proceedings against police officers. It…20 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in an incredibly thoughtful debate this afternoon. I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, to his first Committee and the tone in…20 Oct 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, for setting out the case for these amendments. I wholeheartedly agree that nothing is more important than safeguarding…20 Oct 2021