(13 years, 3 months ago)
Lords ChamberThe noble Baroness has given way to me. Does she accept that there are some very deprived areas in our inner cities where the police do not patrol at all?
That is not my experience of Lancashire or of the other authorities that I know well. I know that there are areas where the police service is stretched to breaking point by the circumstances that they face on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, but my experience in Lancashire is that the service is provided without fear or favour to all the communities there.