Proceeding contribution from Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 8 October 2019. It occurred during Private notice question on Sir Richard Henriques Report.
Sir Richard Henriques Report
Of course, the presumption is anonymity before charge, but there will be circumstances where the police will feel it necessary to release names—although that is not in most cases; quite honestly, in a lot or most of the cases recently, it was through the media actually releasing names. It is against the law, I think, and anonymity before charge is an important standard to uphold, but of course we can all think of people who, had anonymity not been there, may never have come to justice.
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- 799 c2005
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- 2017-19
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- House of Lords chamber
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- Criminal investigation Misconduct Offences against children Metropolitan Police Offences against the administration of justice Independent Office for Police Conduct Metropolitan Police Service's Handling of Non-recent Sexual Offence Investigations Alleged against Persons of Public Prominence Independent Review Beech, Carl
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