Criminal Justice System: Diversity Debate

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Criminal Justice System: Diversity

Lord Paddick Excerpts
Thursday 15th December 2016

(7 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Keen of Elie Portrait Lord Keen of Elie
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I am not in a position to comment on the constitution of the Charity Commission and I am obliged for the noble Lord’s suggestion that I should have a look at it. Clearly, I will. Beyond that, I am not able to comment.

Lord Paddick Portrait Lord Paddick (LD)
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My Lords, will the noble and learned Lord not agree that the disproportionate number of black and minority-ethnic young people stopped and searched by the police is a contributory factor to higher rates of conviction and incarceration?

Lord Keen of Elie Portrait Lord Keen of Elie
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It would contribute to those rates only if the police found something incriminating.