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Lords Chamber
Sir Edward Heath: Operation Conifer - Wed 17 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Lexden (Con - Life peer) A statement by Wiltshire Police that followed was notable for its careful wording. - Speech Link
2: Lord Parekh (Lab - Life peer) The Wiltshire Police investigation covered 14 police forces and it produced its report in October 2017 - Speech Link
3: Lord Macdonald of River Glaven (XB - Life peer) disgraced Mike Veale, to curry favour with the public by demonstrating that Wiltshire Police “got it - Speech Link
4: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Wiltshire Police investigated itself. How can that be seen to be right? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sir Edward Heath: Operation Conifer - Tue 24 Oct 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Lexden (Con - Life peer) and then of Cleveland, was found guilty of gross misconduct and barred from policing for life. - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) In November 2017, the PCC in Wiltshire referred two matters concerning Mr Veale to the Independent Office - Speech Link
3: Lord Butler of Brockwell (XB - Life peer) the man who first made these allegations and the conviction of the former chief constable for gross misconduct - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Police: Restoring Public Confidence - Wed 03 May 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Lexden (CON - Life peer) Instead, under Mike Veale, then chief constable for Wiltshire, it was conducted with the intention of - Speech Link
2: Baroness Harris of Richmond (LDEM - Life peer) following that and other high-profile assault cases.Cases of police misconduct and evidence of a culture - Speech Link
3: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (LAB - Life peer) misconduct and training? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Metropolitan Police: Crime and Misconduct - Thu 01 Dec 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Lexden (CON - Life peer) on 18 November to tackle crime and misconduct within the Metropolitan Police. - Speech Link
2: Lord Lexden (CON - Life peer) grave injustice: the slurs placed on the reputation of Sir Edward Heath by the then chief constable of Wiltshire - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon (LAB - Life peer) Chapter 2 of the Home Office guidance on police officer misconduct, unsatisfactory performance and attendance - Speech Link
4: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LDEM - Life peer) If every dismissal currently takes over a year, and fewer than 1% of police officers with multiple misconduct - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (CON - Life peer) hearings; the ability to bring misconduct proceedings for former police officers; and the introduction - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Police and Crime Commissioners and Panels - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (CON - Life peer) My Lords, the two-part police and crime commissioner review considered the role of police and crime panels - Speech Link
2: Lord Lexden (CON - Life peer) some £100,000 per year for advice from Mr Mike Veale, a discredited policeman who is facing a gross misconduct - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (CON - Life peer) Office for Police Conduct. - Speech Link
4: Lord Dobbs (CON - Life peer) friend’s predecessors have stood at that Dispatch Box and talked about the former chief constable of Wiltshire - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (CON - Life peer) The Government are doing a lot to restore confidence in the police, and of course the police also have - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Police and Crime Commissioners - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Lexden (CON - Life peer) My concerns relate to misconduct in three of the areas where police and crime commissioners are elected - Speech Link
2: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) In places like Wiltshire there is an inbuilt Conservative Party majority. - Speech Link
3: Lord Coaker (LAB - Life peer) We need urgent action, not only in the Met but to overhaul the whole police misconduct system. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (LAB - Holborn and St Pancras) Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Murrison) went after saying this is“The last straw in the rolling - Speech Link
2: Chris Bryant (LAB - Rhondda) They boast that they are recruiting 20,000 more police, but they cut police numbers by 20,000. - Speech Link
3: Chi Onwurah (LAB - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) I have no confidence in this Government, because the Prime Minister does not find formal sexual misconduct - Speech Link
4: James Daly (CON - Bury North) We have the Greater Manchester police, for which he is the police and crime commissioner, in special - Speech Link
5: Rupa Huq (IND - Ealing Central and Acton) the No. 10 flat, the promotion of an alleged drunken groper to a post that included reporting MPs’ misconduct - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Mr Mike Veale - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Lexden (CON - Life peer) Questions, debates—to try to help bring the notorious Mike Veale to book ever since, as chief constable of Wiltshire - Speech Link
2: Lord Bach (LAB - Life peer) Leicestershire police to account. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) My Lords, it is a matter for the legally qualified chair to convene a misconduct hearing. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) The misconduct hearing will see that course of justice resolved. - Speech Link
5: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (LAB - Life peer) to increase accountability of the police forces to the local community. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Mr Mike Veale - Thu 07 Apr 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Lexden (CON - Life peer) Crime Commissioner for Cleveland about a date for starting the misconduct hearing relating to Mr Mike - Speech Link
2: Lord Lexden (CON - Life peer) Things seem to move very slowly where police misconduct is concerned. - Speech Link
3: Lord Rosser (LAB - Life peer) Mr Veale, the controversial former chief constable of Wiltshire, resigned after 10 months as chief constable - Speech Link
4: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) My Lords, as I have said, the misconduct proceedings are ongoing. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Police and Crime Commissioners: Budget - Mon 28 Mar 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bach (LAB - Life peer) and Crime Commissioners who have (1) cut the number of police officers in their police force area in - Speech Link
2: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) My Lords, through the police uplift programme, police forces in England and Wales have recruited over - Speech Link
3: Lord Lexden (CON - Life peer) numbers while paying £100,000 plus expenses to Mike Veale, a man facing severe misconduct proceedings - Speech Link
4: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) The funding and the precept capability are there for police to not just get the numbers through the police - Speech Link