Police: Independent Inquiries Debate
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Lord Armstrong of Ilminster
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(6 years ago)
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Baroness Williams of Trafford
I totally appreciate my noble friend’s point, but when he talks about this not being natural justice, Ted Heath has not been convicted of anything. Of course he has not; he is deceased. But there is a mechanism to go forward, if an inquiry wishes to take this forward, through the PCC and he is within his powers to do so.
Lord Armstrong of Ilminster (CB)
My Lords, the Minister said that the Government will not mount an inquiry while there were other ways of doing so. The police and crime commissioner has, regrettably, refused to do so. What other ways are available at present?
Baroness Williams of Trafford
There is the mechanism that the PCC is elected, and the people will take a view on how he performs his role when it comes to his future election.