Debates between Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton and Baroness Fullbrook during the 2010-2015 Parliament

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Debate between Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton and Baroness Fullbrook
Monday 6th September 2010

(13 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton Portrait Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North) (Con)
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5. What recent steps she has taken to make police forces more accountable to local residents.

Baroness Fullbrook Portrait Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble) (Con)
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8. What recent steps she has taken to make police forces more accountable to local people.

Lord Herbert of South Downs Portrait The Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice (Nick Herbert)
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The introduction of elected police and crime commissioners to hold their chief constable and force to account through a strong public mandate will restore the connection between the police and the people, ensuring that the police are held to account democratically, not bureaucratically by Whitehall.