House of Commons Library
Insights for the new Parliament (plus BSL video)
Impartial analysis of some of the key issues that parliamentarians will have to address in the new Parliament
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Research Briefing
Police powers: stop and search
This Commons Library briefing paper discusses police stop and search powers. It outlines a recent history of their reform and available evidence on their effectiveness at reducing and detecting crime.
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Stop-and-search powers: Extension of ‘no-suspicion’ searches
Police forces are no longer expected to follow voluntary guidance on 'no-suspicion' searches.
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Serious violence and knife crime: Law enforcement and early intervention
Knife crime has been on the rise in England and Wales over the past few years...
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Debate Pack
The Twentieth Anniversary of the Macpherson Report
The following provides background for the debate on a motion relating to the twentieth anniversary of the Macpherson Report
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House of Commons Library
Debate Pack
Effect of police stop and search powers on BAME communities
A Westminster Hall debate on Effect of police stop and search powers on BAME communities is scheduled for Wednesday 23 May 2018 at 9.30am. The Member leading the debate is Naz Shah MP.
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New stop and search power: Serious Violence Reduction Orders
This Insight looks at the proposal for a new order to help prevent knife crime and how people from Black ethnic groups may be more affected.
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Research Briefing
Race and Ethnic Disparities
This Commons Library briefing paper discusses the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities and provides related statistical and policy analysis.
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Research Briefing
Protection of Freedoms Bill: Committee Stage Report Bill 189 of 2010-11
This is a report on the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Protection of Freedoms Bill. It complements Research Paper 11/20 prepared for the Commons Second Reading.
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Research Briefing
Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL] 2019-21
The Bill seeks to enable the Government to modernise airspace management and air traffic licensing, and to introduce new powers to tackle the unlawful use of unmanned aircraft or ‘drones’.
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Debate Pack
Serious violence
A general debate on Serious violence has been scheduled for 15 May 2019.
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House of Commons Library
Research Briefing
The Psychoactive Substances Bill 2015
This briefing paper is prepared for the Second Reading of the Psychoactive Substances Bill on 19 October 2015.
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Nitrous oxide: No laughing matter?
This Insight explains what nitrous oxide is and how its use as a recreational drug is currently policed.
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House of Commons Library
Research Briefing
Crime and Security Bill. Bill 3 2009-10.
The Bill would amend the law governing the taking, retention and destruction of fingerprints and DNA data from persons arrested for, charged with or convicted of criminal offences. It would reduce the requirements on the police to record information following a stop and search. It would introduce new 'go' orders for suspected perpetrators of domestic violence, which could mean excluding them from their homes in order to protect the victim. The Bill would also, in effect, extend new injunctions for gang-related violence to 14-18 year olds, and require courts to issue a Parenting Order where a child under 16 had breached an Anti-social Behaviour Order. It would require wheel clamping companies to be licensed, and create a new offence of possessing an authorised mobile phone in a prison. It also creates a new offence of preventing a person under 18 from gaining unauthorised access to air weapons.
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House of Commons Library
Research Briefing
Police powers: an introduction
This commons library briefing paper introduces a series on police powers.
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House of Commons Library
Research Briefing
Terrorism in Great Britain: the statistics
This briefing examines the available statistics on terrorism since 2001 in Great Britain.