Lord Kennedy of Southwark
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(2 days, 12 hours ago)
Lords ChamberMy Lords, we will hear the noble Baroness, Lady Sanderson, next, and then my noble friend Lord McConnell.
My Lords, are the Government in discussion with the police about the use of Section 60 powers—which, I should say, were extended under a previous Government? The HMIC’s last report on stop and search, in 2021, found that of all the Section 60 searches done in the previous year, only 3.7% found a weapon. Do such low find rates justify the damage that Section 60 searches cause to community relations?