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Policing and Crime Bill

My Lords, I will be brief. Having read Hansard, it seems to me that the noble Baroness and the Minister are trying to achieve the same thing. I accept the Minister’s previous assurance that police authorities will have to approve, and be involved in, all police collaboration agreements, including any liability imposed on them and any establishment of accountability arrangements. In Committee, the Minister said that the detailed clarity that the noble Baroness seeks will be found in supporting guidance and in the example agreements that the Government will publish. We look forward to receiving these—I hope that they will be made available.