Early Day Motion·EDM 1068
DEATH OF VANDANA PATEL
3 July 19919 Signatures
Primary sponsor
Ms Diane Abbott
Labour — Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Motion Text
That this House is alarmed at the death of Vandana Patel whilst in Stoke Newington Police Station on 29th April, after officers of the Domestic Violence Unit left her alone and unprotected with Mr Patel, who later stabbed her; and notes that a public inquiry should be held into her death, and a review carried out into the practices of police domestic violence units.