Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Ninth sitting) Debate
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Heather Wheeler
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Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Ninth sitting)
Heather Wheeler ExcerptsTuesday 8th June 2021
(3 years, 6 months ago)
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Bambos Charalambous
My hon. Friend makes a good point: policing is done primarily by consent. If the consent is not there and the police do not have the approval of the people, it is a recipe for more disorder. That tips the balance—
Mrs Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire) (Con)
I wonder where the constituents are coming from for the hon. Member for Stockton North.
I can assure him that in South Derbyshire my mailbag is full of mail from people saying, “Please get on with this. We don’t believe that the police use the police powers that they have already, so we need new police powers to make sure that they have those powers and will use them,” in the sure knowledge that their MP backs the Minister putting this through, but also that I am on the side of my residents.