Police: Emergency Calls

Lord Lexden Excerpts

Thursday 22nd March 2018 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

I can certainly take the noble Baroness’s comments back. I agree with her that dogs and horses are sometimes more important to the public than humans. I look forward to hearing the response from Cressida Dick to the noble Baroness.

[Lord Lexden (Con)]

Should the police be encouraged to make greater use of their stop-and-search powers, particularly in London?

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

We have been mindful that stop and search has perhaps been overused in the past. As we are more vigilant as a nation to the dangers not only of serious and organised crime but of potential terrorism on our streets, the police-led intelligence work is probably going to have to be more fine-tuned in terms of stop and search.