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Protection of Freedoms Bill (Programme) (No. 3)

According to the evidence that the hon. Gentleman's Department gave to the Home Affairs Committee,"““It has been suggested that the research carried out into the Scottish system (by Professor Fraser) did not uncover any evidence to suggest that the Scottish approach to retention had caused any detriment to the detection of…crime…However, that is to ""misunderstand this research which did not assess whether alternative systems would have been more effective. It was also unable to review how many serious crimes went undetected as the relevant DNA profiles had been deleted and, therefore, was not in a position to conclude whether there was any detriment to the detection of serious crime.””" That is the hon. Gentleman's Department's evidence to the Select Committee—collapse of stout party.