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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 4 March 2026

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

The City of London Police, the smallest force in the country with only about 600 cops, does a very good job. It has a really good sergeant, who has a team of 10 that goes out, sees lots of cyclists and challenges people about bad behaviour. I went out with them one morning. We walked out of the police station, and they were just about to start an operation. Despite the fact that there were 10 of them in full uniform outside a police station, there were cyclists going through the pedestrian crossings and ignoring everything else. They were doing a great job, but it was just an example of how, even if they enforce at the level at which we would all like, I am afraid people will still ignore it. That appears to be the reality.

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