Member

I will restrict myself to asking the Minister only a few questions about how the Government will treat any future regime to replace NCHIs. First, what assurance can he give that, in any future regime, the Government will have given thought to the application of a common-sense regime across police force areas? I think it is fair to say that in the implementation of NCHIs there has been a difference, as always, in the degree of zealotry between the application in different forces. Secondly, what can he do to ensure that the NCHI regime will not be replaced by, in effect, a similar regime but in another name? The forthcoming report from the College of Policing may well throw further light on policy options there.