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When people do report incidents to the police, under the Home Office crime recording rules all reports, whether from victims, witnesses or third parties, and whether crime-related or not, will, unless immediately recorded as a crime, result in the registration of an auditable incident report by the police. This is in line with the vision that all police forces in England and Wales have the best crime reporting system in the world: one that is consistently applied, delivers accurate statistics that are trusted by the public, and puts the needs of victims at its core. So it is not appropriate that we duplicate that work of the police. Even more importantly, for those who choose not to report incidents to the police, we need to make sure they are confident in whom they choose to report to and that their data will not be shared without their consent. With all that in mind, I ask my noble friend not to move his amendment.