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Debate between Baroness Featherstone and Owen Smith
Monday 7th March 2011

(13 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness Featherstone Portrait Lynne Featherstone
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At the moment, local authorities are, in particular, employing good practice around the use of interpreters and making sure that the places where children are placed are kept secret. As I may have mentioned before in this House, we are looking closely at the text of the European directive and considering its merits, and if we conclude that opting into it would benefit the UK, we will apply to do so.

Owen Smith Portrait Owen Smith (Pontypridd) (Lab)
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20. What research her Department has commissioned and evaluated on any relationship between numbers of police officers and levels of crime.