Police accountability reforms to enter Parliament  – Asian News from UK

Police accountability reforms to enter Parliament  – Asian News from UK

Three measures to improve the timeliness and appropriateness of investigations into police use of force and the rights of victims will also be also included in the bill The government will table an amendment to the flagship Crime and Policing Bill later this week to provide a presumption of anonymity for firearms officers who are subject to a criminal trial following a shooting.  This will apply during court proceedings and in media reporting up…

The handling of the emergency law puts the country's legislators in a bad light.

Storting postpones consideration of emergency law The much-discussed civil protection law that could give the government expanded powers in a possible time of crisis will not go to a second vote on Thursday, as was initially planned. Nettavisen has recently reported on both opposition and support for the bill, and on Wednesday afternoon and evening it became known that several parties in the Storting, such as the Progress Party and the Christia…

Crime and Policing Bill amendments to reach Parliament

The government is set to table amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill later this week, following correspondence from minister of state for policing and crime prevention, Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP, to the Public Bill Committee.The Crime Policing Bill, now in the Committee Stage in the House of Commons, is to support the delivery of the ‘safer streets’ mission proposed

Parliament postpones consideration of controversial emergency law