Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Kim Johnson (Labour), on Wednesday, 29 January 2025, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 18 members in total.

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Metropolitan Police’s Gangs Violence Matrix

That this House notes the imminent deadline of 13 February 2025 for the permanent deletion of the Metropolitan Police’s Gangs Violence Matrix (GVM) database following a successful legal challenge that highlighted its racist application and breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights; further notes that this database has unlawfully profiled and targeted individuals, including many who have never committed a crime, and may have been used as illegal evidence to charge or prosecute individuals using a gang narrative, including under the Joint Enterprise doctrine; expresses deep concern that the deletion of this database will destroy critical evidence needed to rectify miscarriages of justice and to ensure accountability for illegal police practices; calls on the Home Secretary to immediately intervene to delay or prevent the deletion of the database; and urges the Government to identify an independent body to safeguard the data while investigating its harmful impacts and supporting those affected to seek justice.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

716 

Session

2024-26

Other sponsors

Clive Lewis

Ellie Chowns

Diane Abbott

Ian Byrne

Mary Kelly Foy

Subjects

Databases Crimes of violence Equality Metropolitan Police Gangs

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk