Proceeding contribution from Lord Waddington (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 19 June 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Prisons: Population.

Prisons: Population

My Lords, is it also true that, as a percentage of the population, more crimes are committed in this country than on the Continent? That is part of the answer to the noble Lord’s question. Is not half the answer to the question raised by the noble Lord, Lord Richard, that, although crime overall has come down, the crimes that people fear the most have gone up drastically? Is it not the case that, since 1997, the rates of robbery and crimes of violence have doubled?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 693 c106
Session: 2006-07
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Subjects: Bail Construction Parole Prisoners Prisons Police custody Population Reviews Approved premises
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Prisons: Population

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