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Lord West of Spithead

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European Council: December Meeting

British Transport Police

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Immigration: Home Office Meetings
Monday 3rd December 2012

(11 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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My Lords, in answer to the noble Lord’s first question, we are talking about only 53 police officers, so the bureaucracy load is manageable, although extremely inconvenient. The weakness in the legislation on the protection of officers who are involved in an incident, alluded to by the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner of Worcester, is an extremely important point.

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My Lords, does the Minister agree that although metal theft is a heinous crime and has caused damage to war memorials and danger to hospitals and railway lines, shooting those involved might be a little over the top?

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