Brexit: Crime Prevention Debate

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Department: Home Office

Brexit: Crime Prevention

Lord Howell of Guildford Excerpts
Thursday 30th March 2017

(7 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Howell of Guildford Portrait Lord Howell of Guildford (Con)
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Would it assist my noble friend in answering the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, if she explained to him that, far from withdrawing or departing from anything, we are arriving at and entering a global network of new technologies in which the methods of crime detection and prevention are likely to be very much expanded and improved?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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My noble friend is absolutely right. It is in the spirit of the improved technologies and improved sharing of data that we enter into co-operation around all these areas as we exit the EU and enter a new phase in this country’s journey.