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Terrorism Bill

As it happens, I dealt with the orders which were the product of a review of the PACE codes last Friday. The one thing that I solidly remember from reading the brief fairly thoroughly was that there had been very detailed consultation, not just with the usual suspects such as ACPO, as one would expect, but also, quite properly, with the Police Federation. It does not always agree with us on these matters, but, rather unusually, its members were rather pleased with the way in which the codes had been readdressed and were supportive of them. The Police Federation represents 75 per cent of the police service—perhaps slightly more than that these days—so we can take some comfort from that. We will be taking on board the noble Lord’s perspective on these issues. It is right and proper that the ordinary police constable understands the import of the codes.