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Baroness Doocey (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 October 2026

Debate

National Crime Agency: People Smuggling and Drug Dealing

Contribution

My Lords, smuggling gangs use encrypted platforms. Disrupting those platforms requires technical expertise, but chief constables face a constant drain of technical talent to private companies that pay up to five times police salaries. How can the police disrupt these online criminal networks when outdated police pay structures make it virtually impossible for them to recruit and retain the very technical expertise they so desperately need?

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