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Policing and Crime Bill

My Lords, we are certainly listening closely to what the LGA says. I have concerns about this being a light-touch measure. Notwithstanding what the noble Lord says, I know from my own experience that local politics can sometimes be a little tricky, and they will make this more bureaucratic and difficult. It is interesting how, once you give people opportunities to raise objections, they sometimes occur, though not always because they are sensible. Yes, of course we will listen, but we need to be very wary of removing this light-touch regime, which helps all these people.