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Proceeding contribution from Edward Leigh (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 28 January 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill on Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [Lords].


Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [Lords]

Does my hon. Friend remember the sus laws that obtained when we were young barristers together? There was a great campaign to remove them because it was felt that they gave the police far too much power to arrest people, often from ethnic minorities, simply on suspicion. Can he assure me that we are in no way creating powers parallel to the old-fashioned sus laws that we swept away in the late 1980s?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
504 c999 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Bournemouth Greater Manchester Manchester City Council Street trading Bournemouth Borough Council
Legislation
Bournemouth Borough Council Bill (HL) 2006-07 to 2009-10
Manchester City Council Bill (HL) 2006-07 to 2009-10
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk