Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Richard Tice Excerpts
Monday 21st October 2024

(1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Seema Malhotra Portrait Seema Malhotra
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I thank my hon. Friend for raising that issue. It was a shocking report, and one that the previous Government refused to publish. I would be very happy to meet him and other hon. Members to discuss it.

Richard Tice Portrait Richard Tice (Boston and Skegness) (Reform)
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Does the Home Secretary share my deep concerns about two-tier justice, given that some people who say some bad, stupid things on social media can be arrested, charged and jailed within a matter of weeks, but some people who brutally and violently assault police officers have not even been charged many months later?

Yvette Cooper Portrait Yvette Cooper
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The hon. Member will know that in this country we have operational independence for the police, and independence for the Crown Prosecution Service and the courts. I strongly support police officers, who have faced cases of the most disgraceful violence and attacks. It is important that we support our police in the face of those attacks and ensure that they have the whole community behind them.