Knife Crime: Stop and Search

Debate between Baroness Sanderson of Welton and Lord Kennedy of Southwark
Tuesday 1st April 2025

(4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Kennedy of Southwark Portrait Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and Chief Whip (Lord Kennedy of Southwark) (Lab Co-op)
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My Lords, we will hear the noble Baroness, Lady Sanderson, next, and then my noble friend Lord McConnell.

Baroness Sanderson of Welton Portrait Baroness Sanderson of Welton (Con)
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My Lords, are the Government in discussion with the police about the use of Section 60 powers—which, I should say, were extended under a previous Government? The HMIC’s last report on stop and search, in 2021, found that of all the Section 60 searches done in the previous year, only 3.7% found a weapon. Do such low find rates justify the damage that Section 60 searches cause to community relations?

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