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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 13 January 2026

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

Herein is the problem—we are not sending the right signals about what this is. That is why the job of Parliament exists. The reason to put this in the Bill is to be clear that it is a political priority. I am sure many of the reviews we have will say the problem is that we are not enforcing the law. The point is that a large part of what we are having to do within the context of the Bill is to define it further in order to do that.

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