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Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 February 2026

Debate

Security of Candidates, MPs and Elections

Contribution

My Lords, can we be assured that the police are now fully supportive of preventing intimidation? I do my politics in Bradford where there has been quite active intimidation of candidates. I recall a conversation with the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, in a previous election campaign precisely about the reluctance of the Bradford police to intervene. Have we now had absolute assurance that the police will regard this as one of their important functions during election campaigns?

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