Lord Loomba
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(3 years, 9 months ago)
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Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
As I said to the noble Lord, Lord German, I will go back and establish when the tests were last done. That should comfort noble Lords.
Lord Loomba (CB)
My Lords, with reports that the new chest plate is potentially lethal for wearers, clearly it needs to be improved. Once that is achieved and the problems are corrected, can the Minister tell us, in the light of the tragic incident in Croydon last week, whether there are any plans to allow more police officers to wear such protection?
Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
The noble Lord suggests that there is a problem. I am saying that the testing has not raised any problems with the new lighter equipment. As I have said—I will do this—I will go back and ask when the testing was last done.