Member

Turning to Amendment 22, I would like to reassure the Committee that the Government recognise the importance of the service police having the appropriate skills and training; again, this is a point I made in the letter to the noble Baroness. I will come to some of the doubts that she expressed. All branches of the service police engage with the College of Policing on training. They continue to broadly align with national standards under the College of Policing’s professionalising investigations programme. This helps to ensure that service police receive training comparable to that provided to their civilian counterparts, adapted where necessary to reflect the unique demands of service life and the SJS. As a result, victims in the defence community can have confidence that the service police are able to effectively respond to incidents of stalking and provide appropriate support and safety.