Topical question asked in the House of Commons, by Gordon Prentice (Labour). It was answered on Monday, 15 December 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.
Topical Questions
- Question
- Does my friend intend to implement the recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights that it is quite wrong for DNA to be taken, and held, from people who have not been convicted of any crime?
- Answer
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DNA and fingerprints play an invaluable role in fighting crime. We are carefully considering how best to give effect to the recent judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, but I remind the House that in 2007-08 there were more than 37,000 crimes with a DNA match, 363 homicides and 540 rapes. We will not rush to judgment, and we will not be rushed, either.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 485 c810
- Session
- 2008-09
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Databases DNA Police North Yorkshire
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