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HANSARDBlack and Minority-ethnic Children: Police Strip-searchesThe noble and learned Baroness is absolutely correct that there has been a large number of these cases. Our problem with intervention is that data has only recently started to be…27 Mar 2023HANSARDBlack and Minority-ethnic Children: Police Strip-searchesMy noble friend is right. At the start of the process, 14 referrals involving strip-searches were received by the IOPC from the Metropolitan Police Service. On 1 August 2022, it…27 Mar 2023HANSARDBlack and Minority-ethnic Children: Police Strip-searchesMy Lords, as I have said from this Dispatch Box before, stop and search makes a serious difference to crime prevention. In 2021-22, stop and search removed around 14,900 weapons…27 Mar 2023HANSARDBlack and Minority-ethnic Children: Police Strip-searchesMy Lords, the noble Baroness is right. Any child subject to strip-search under PACE should be accompanied by an appropriate adult unless there is an urgent risk of serious harm or…27 Mar 2023HANSARDBlack and Minority-ethnic Children: Police Strip-searchesMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her Question. The Children’s Commissioner’s report raises a number of concerns that we take extremely seriously. Strip-search is…27 Mar 2023HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewMy Lords, I am going to defend my right honourable friend the Home Secretary, who said the following. I have already read this, but I am going to read it again. She said: “I would…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewMy Lords, I thank both noble Lords who have spoken. I will also take this opportunity, as the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, did, to thank the vast majority of police officers in…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewI certainly agree with the noble Baroness’s latter point. During my response I omitted to mention the review into police dismissals. Obviously, that is ongoing. It started on 17…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewMy noble friend makes an interesting suggestion. There is already a Policing Minister. My personal view is that it would be difficult to station a Minister in a police station,…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewOn the noble Baroness’s last point, yes, I agree—but I also think that a key element of that is to restore trust among the diverse communities that the noble Baroness, Lady Casey,…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewFrom a broad point of view, I of course agree with the noble Lord. I do not personally approve of the politicisation of policing. However, I shall go back to the words of the…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewI defer to the noble Lord’s extensive experience, of course, and I actually agree with everything that he has just said. The fact is that the report also identified an “evasive”…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewI think I need to correct the record. I did not say that I did not accept that there has been evidence of institutional racism, sexism or homophobia—I said that I would not use…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewI say to my noble friend, on the subject of the police officer she mentioned, that it is not for me to tell Sir Mark who he should speak to; I am sure he has a very good idea who…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewMy Lords, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place: “With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a Statement on Baroness Casey’s review of the Metropolitan…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBaroness Casey ReviewMy noble friend makes an extremely good point. I have had a couple of conversations with Sir Mark Rowley, but I know that the Policing Minister has had many more. It is obviously…21 Mar 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime CommissionersI accept the question from my noble friend. Yes, they are expected to adhere to the Seven Principles of Public Life, as determined and published by the Nolan committee. The office…20 Mar 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime CommissionersMy Lords, I am sorry that my noble friend finds it unsatisfactory. I think it would be unsatisfactory for me to stand here and make a comment that might prejudice a judicial…20 Mar 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime CommissionersMy Lords, the Government engage regularly with PCCs and chief constables across all force areas. There have been no recent specific discussions between the Government and the PCC…20 Mar 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime CommissionersMy Lords, I am not familiar with the FoI requests that were put in, so I cannot really speak to them. I was very pleased to see that Cleveland’s most recent PEEL report, which was…20 Mar 2023