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Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill

The noble Lord was not present when I was congratulating the fine record of the noble Lord, Lord Howard. When he was Home Secretary, he had a better system than that now proposed. In Lancashire, my noble friend Lady Henig was re-elected by the police authority regardless of whether or not people shared her party political allegiance. They voted according to ability. It is much better to have a balance from a group of people than a single populist politician.