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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 26 November 2025

Debate

West Midlands Police: Maccabi Tel Aviv Fans

Contribution

My Lords, this was a disgraceful decision. First, can the Minister tell me why it is going to take HMI five months to come back with a review? It cannot take that long. Secondly, he will know that the inspectorate looked last year at the powers of intervention of the Home Secretary and said that legislation and guidance do not “clearly define the boundary between police operational independence and appropriate external influence or accountability”. Will he look again at a government response to that report?

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