My Lords, as other noble Lords have just said, serious and organised food crime can have very serious consequences. To free up scarce police resources by giving the National Food Crime Unit the powers that it needs seems sensible. According to the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, the National Police Chiefs’ Council supports this change, so I am looking forward to hearing from the Minister what I am missing, because I cannot immediately see any reason why this amendment should not be accepted.
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Paddick
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 12 January 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
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