Member

I know that noble Lords will join me in welcoming the increased additional security funding to be provided to the PSNI in the next financial year. This £37.8 million of funding, provided in recognition of the unique security situation in Northern Ireland, will ensure that the PSNI is equipped to tackle the threat posed by Northern Ireland-related terrorism in Northern Ireland. The revised code promotes the fundamental principles to be observed by the police and helps preserve the effectiveness of, and public confidence in, the use of police powers to stop and search under the Terrorism Act 2000. I very much hope that noble Lords will support these alterations to the code of practice. I beg to move.