Baroness Butler-Sloss
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Non-crime Hate Incidents
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Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab)
I hope the noble Lord does not take this the wrong way, but I pay tribute to him for his work as chair of the College of Policing.
I have tried to say to the House that non-crime hate incidents are there to provide background information. They are not necessarily leading to prosecution or to crime, but the background information can be effective in building up a picture of potential areas where crime may well exist, because people will overstep the mark into criminal activity. We will try to look at that in the round, and as part of the review of police performance, that will be taken into account.
Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB)
My Lords, following what the Minister has just said, why are children being investigated?