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Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill (Programme) (No. 2)

My right hon. Friend makes a very good point. Indeed, all the human rights organisations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Redress and Justice are opposed to this change in the law. In Committee, the Minister conceded:"““The problem is not that large numbers of warrants are being issued—the Government are aware of only two””.––[Official Report, Police Reform and Social Responsibility Public Bill Committee, 17 February 2011; c. 682.]" It is incredible that the Government think that that is too many, and that there should be rather fewer. The fact that two arrest warrants have been granted in 10 years should be a matter of concern, not because it is too many but because it is too few.