Statement on Police Detention
1 July 2011 (updated on 1 July 2011)
Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice, Nick Herbert, made a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday 30 June on Police Detention.
Watch and read the statement and the views expressed by MPs on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard. Shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, responded to the statement on behalf of the Opposition.
Further information
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Oral statements
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