Proceeding contribution from David Lammy (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 11 August 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Public Disorder.
Public Disorder
I welcome what the Prime Minister has said about the death of Mark Duggan and about compensation for victims. In Tottenham, 45 people have lost their homes, which were burnt to the ground. They were running out of their homes carrying their children in their arms, and their cry is, ““Where were the police?”” We can have this debate today, but it is no replacement for hearing from the people themselves. Will the Prime Minister come to Tottenham and speak with those victims and the independent shopkeepers, hairdressers and jewellers whose businesses are lying in cinders? Will he also commit to a public inquiry to consider why initial skirmishes were allowed to lead to a situation in which the great Roman road, Tottenham high road, now lies in cinders?
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- Compensation Criminal proceedings CCTV Curfews Death Crimes of violence Army Business Crimes against property Clothing Housing Government assistance Internet Evictions Planning permission Police Powers Sentencing Security Tax allowances Social rented housing Temporary accommodation Civil disorder Bellwin scheme Riot control weapons Tottenham Gangs Duggan, Mark
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