Police and Justice Bill

I am most grateful for the support that I have had from the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater, and the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, and I am grateful to the Minister for her full explanation of these training methods. The noble Earl remarked on possible progressions from CSOs to the police force. That needs to be encouraged. Being a CSO is in many ways a form of cadet training for some people, so I hope that this will be borne in mind. Certainly the integration of the training of police officers and CSOs is important. So that noble Lords are fully in the picture, I remind the Committee that the parliamentary bike ride last week was accompanied by two officers, both on bicycles. One was a sworn officer and the other a community support officer. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendment No. 84 not moved.] Clause 5 agreed to. Clauses 6 and 7 agreed to. Schedule 3 agreed to. Clause 8 agreed to. Schedule 4 [Police bail]: