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Proceeding contribution from David TC Davies (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 18 January 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill on Crime and Security Bill.

Crime and Security Bill

The Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee will also know that four fifths of the people on the DNA database are male. Does this suggest that there is some kind of anti-misogynistic view among the police and the judicial system that makes them single out men, arrest them and take their DNA? Of course not. Is not the reality that the whole process is colour-blind—indeed, blind to sex and colour? Those who get arrested get their DNA taken, whether they are black, male, Asian or anything else.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
504 c53-4 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Compensation Data protection Databases Devolved matters Biometrics Crime Anti-social behaviour Bureaucracy Airguns Convictions Fees and charges Evidence Immobilisation of vehicles Licensing Human rights Dogs Genetics Domestic abuse Ethnic groups Private sector Police Powers Prisons Mobile phones Scotland Sentencing Terrorism Stop and search Young people Young offenders Victims Security guards Anti-social behaviour orders Parenting orders
Legislation
Crime and Security Bill 2009-10
Link
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