Public Disorder Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Public Disorder

Ian C. Lucas Excerpts
Thursday 11th August 2011

(12 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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I hear what my hon. Friend says, but with a year to go to the Olympics, I think that sort of major structural change to the Metropolitan Police Service simply would not be right.

Ian C. Lucas Portrait Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab)
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The criminal justice system in north Wales coped admirably with civil disturbances in Wrexham in 2003 for two reasons: there was good use of CCTV evidence and immediate imposition of stiff custodial sentences. Why is the Prime Minister presiding over a Government who are making both those things more difficult?