Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 30 April 2014, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness May of Maidenhead.

Stop-and-Search

Statement on the use of stop-and-search powers by the police.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 579 cc830-846
Session: 2013-14
Department: Home Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2014-0665
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 cc831-3 (Link to this contribution)
With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the use of stop-and-search power...; Yvette Cooper | 579 cc832-4 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Home Secretary for early sight of the statement.
It is four years since the Equ...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 cc834-6 (Link to this contribution)
That was a disappointing response from the shadow Home Secretary, but it was characteristic of he...; Baroness Bray of Coln | 579 c836 (Link to this contribution)
May I welcome these important reforms? I am well aware that many people in ethnic communities in ...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c836 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes a very important point. That is precisely one of the problems. When stop-and...; Keith Vaz | 579 c836 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Home Secretary’s statement and endorse her plan of action, which is in keeping with...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 cc836-7 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his tone and the approach he has taken to this matter. Once ...; Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 579 c837 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Home Secretary for her statement and welcome in particular her commitment to a wider ...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c837 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for welcoming the wider work I have commissioned from HMIC. She i...; David Lammy | 579 c837 (Link to this contribution)
The Secretary of State will be aware that after the riots, the victims panel set up by the Govern...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c837 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the right hon. Gentleman not only for the explicit work he has mentioned, but for raising...; Julian Huppert | 579 c837 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Home Secretary on her statement and her work to control these important but ov...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c837 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend and I have had discussions on these matters in the past and we take a slightly dif...; David Winnick | 579 c838 (Link to this contribution)
Is not the crux of the matter that a law-abiding white person is unlikely to feel that he will be...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c838 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman has more experience in this House than me in terms of the number of years serv...; James Clappison | 579 c838 (Link to this contribution)
I warmly welcome the package announced by my right hon. Friend. It is wide-ranging, long-needed a...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c838 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely agree. We need to restore the public’s confidence in stop-and-search, but all the ev...; Fiona Mactaggart | 579 c838 (Link to this contribution)
For many people, the critical issue is that if I am stopped by a police officer, I am treated as ...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c838 (Link to this contribution)
We intend to introduce policies at a local level that will enable members of the public to apply ...; David TC Davies | 579 c839 (Link to this contribution)
With the utmost respect to the Home Secretary, may I put on the record my concerns about some of ...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c839 (Link to this contribution)
I recognise that my hon. Friend, as a special constable, has particular experience in these matte...; Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 579 c839 (Link to this contribution)
No one can excuse the abuse of stop-and-search powers, but does the Home Secretary accept that th...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c839 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, I can. I am absolutely clear that this is an important power, but it is an important power t...; Charles Walker | 579 c839 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Home Secretary for her announcement. She will recall that we recently met a young man...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c839 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an important point. The testimony of that young man really brought home to m...; Diane Abbott | 579 c840 (Link to this contribution)
The Home Secretary will be aware that concern about stop-and-search in urban communities goes all...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c840 (Link to this contribution)
I have absolutely no doubt that the hon. Lady and others in this House will do just that.; Lord Sharma | 579 c840 (Link to this contribution)
The Home Secretary’s statement will be welcomed by everyone who believes in fairness, irrespectiv...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c840 (Link to this contribution)
There are two elements of the extra community involvement that we are introducing. One is the req...; Meg Hillier | 579 c840 (Link to this contribution)
The Home Secretary’s comments are very welcome. One of the big issues in my constituency and arou...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c840 (Link to this contribution)
In response to the hon. Lady’s last point, as I said in my statement, the Metropolitan police has...; Mark Reckless | 579 c841 (Link to this contribution)
Does the Home Secretary agree that, beyond the PACE codes and top-down guidance, another layer of...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c841 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The figure in the HMIC survey showing that 27% of stop-and-se...; Mark Hendrick | 579 c841 (Link to this contribution)
In seeking to improve stop-to-arrest ratios, how will the Home Secretary measure success: by a re...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c841 (Link to this contribution)
As I have made clear, I want the number of stops to come down. The Metropolitan police has alread...; Michael Ellis | 579 c841 (Link to this contribution)
The figures given by my right hon. Friend on stop-and-search are frankly a stain on British polic...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c841 (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry to say that my hon. Friend is right. It is clear that in a large number of cases, ther...; Michael Ellis | 579 c841 (Link to this contribution)
Disgraceful.; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c841 (Link to this contribution)
It is absolutely disgraceful. Sadly, as I indicated in response to another hon. Friend, the feeli...; Paul Flynn | 579 c841 (Link to this contribution)
The charity Release published figures to show that the chance of being stopped and searched was s...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c842 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely. We will put the figures on stop-and-searches on the www.police.uk website, alongside ...; Conor Burns | 579 c842 (Link to this contribution)
I grew up in Belfast in the early 1970s and, even in the context of a live terrorism situation, t...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c842 (Link to this contribution)
I am happy to confirm that to my hon. Friend. He is right to say that this is an important power ...; Yasmin Qureshi | 579 c842 (Link to this contribution)
The Home Secretary will be aware that the main reason for the Brixton riots was the notorious sus...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c842 (Link to this contribution)
The use of the power will be monitored in a number of ways. As I have said, the figures will be o...; Richard Fuller | 579 c842 (Link to this contribution)
Like many other people, I thank the Home Secretary for addressing seriously the misuse of stop-an...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c843 (Link to this contribution)
I give my hon. Friend that absolute assurance. However, as I said earlier, the situation has chan...; Heidi Alexander | 579 c843 (Link to this contribution)
As someone who secured a Westminster Hall debate on stop-and-search two years ago, I welcome the ...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c843 (Link to this contribution)
We are exploring how we can best get that message across. As I have mentioned, part of the packag...; Phillip Lee | 579 c843 (Link to this contribution)
It is worth repeating that the number of people stopped and searched under the Terrorism Act 2000...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c843 (Link to this contribution)
It is, indeed, a Conservative Home Secretary who is bringing these measures forward, but the Depu...; Mark Durkan | 579 c843 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Home Secretary’s statement for reasons that have already been expressed. She says t...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c844 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is right that the new power has to be used carefully and properly so that it d...; Jeremy Lefroy | 579 c844 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome my right hon. Friend’s action today and her invitation to all police forces to sign up ...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c844 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an interesting point and I absolutely agree. I think a police force would ow...; Debbie Abrahams | 579 c844 (Link to this contribution)
May I press the Home Secretary on the number of police forces expected to sign up, and on the tim...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c844 (Link to this contribution)
I want all forces in England and Wales to sign up to the code, and I hope that Members of the Hou...; Robert Buckland | 579 c844 (Link to this contribution)
I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. I have long advocated intelligence-led policin...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c844 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right and it is a pity that everybody seems to have ignored or misse...; Robin Walker | 579 c845 (Link to this contribution)
Does the Home Secretary agree that one of the tragedies of the misuse of stop-and-search powers i...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c845 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right, and I also hope that by addressing concerns about stop-and-search, peopl...; Bob Blackman | 579 c845 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, and particularly her praise for the enlightened leade...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c845 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an interesting suggestion. That is an operational matter and it is for the p...; Andrew Jones | 579 c846 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her statement and on so clearly highlighting the differenc...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c846 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely agree and that is why the reforms we are bringing forward are so important.; Philip Hollobone | 579 c846 (Link to this contribution)
As a serving special constable with the British Transport police, I warmly welcome the Home Secre...; Baroness May of Maidenhead | 579 c846 (Link to this contribution)
The most improved force, certainly in relation to stop-and-search, is the Metropolitan police for...
Subjects: Disclosure of information Codes of practice Inspections Ethnic groups Police Public consultation Stop and search Training
Legislation: Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk

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