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HANSARDWindrushThe Windrush scandal saw Windrush and Commonwealth communities who have the right to live in this country victimised because they were unable to prove that right, through no fault…24 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The accountability review found that the accountability system does not currently have confidence among communities or policing. That is why we…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI agree. Families often face some of the most challenging burdens and pressures, and we hear from police officers that their concern about the impact on their families often…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityThe hon. Member makes an important point, because often when we talk about trust and confidence for communities, young people, who are frequently those who have the most contact…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityMy hon. Friend makes an important point. It is an important British tradition that we respect the rule of law, which means that individual decisions are made by the police,…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI thank the right hon. Member for that question. It is clearly important that police officers who face threats or risks as a result of the job they do and the difficult situations…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityWe want the College of Policing to be able to set up a lessons learned database to make sure that action is taken when, for example, there are deaths or serious injuries following…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityPolice officers, who do immensely difficult work across the country every day to keep us safe, deserve our strong support. They often show huge bravery in the most difficult…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityThe framework I have set out is about ensuring a proper system of accountability for police forces and police officers—I think that all police officers will support it as…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI thank the right hon. Member for his question. Under the reforms that we have set out following wide examination of the different evidence, where there are investigations—and…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityMy hon. Friend makes an important point: we need to see progress on the Met police’s race action plan, which responds to serious findings in the Casey review. That review raised…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI thank the Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee for those important points. We are working at pace: we have set out planned legislation in the King’s Speech—the crime and…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI agree that some of the issues around confidence are actually about the responsiveness of police and about having neighbourhood policing and a local response. My hon. Friend is…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI thank my hon. Friend for her question—as I said, she has worked hard to represent her communities. It is clear that there must be a proper framework for legal accountability for…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI thank the shadow Home Secretary for his response. I hope that there will be widespread agreement on both sides of the House on the importance of these issues, which go to the…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI thank my right hon. Friend for her points. I know that she has worked on and addressed these issues over many years, and how important she sees them as being. She is right to…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI thank the hon. Member for the important points she has made. She is right that lack of clarity, uncertainty, and the long and damaging delays that we have had in the system…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will update the House on Monday’s verdict in the trial of Sergeant Martyn Blake, on the accountability review into police use of force,…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI agree. Police officers across the country do a totally amazing job. It is often a difficult job: they keep us safe, and they have to face difficult situations that none of us…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI thank the hon. Member for the question. Interestingly, some of the accountability issues are very similar or the same for England and Wales and for Northern Ireland, but there…23 Oct 2024