Speeches by Davies.

“The thing about of an inspectorate, whether it is the HMIC in your case or CQC or Ofsted in other areas, is that it is retrospective. It is a moment in time; it is a window that is inspected. What I am probably getting to more is a systematic approach of accountability to ensure that officers on the frontline are not w…”

“This is a very quick question in regard to the ultimate decision. I accept that the CPS gave you advice, but it was your decision ultimately. What was the consideration given in terms of overriding the decision made by the local CPS? Was that in fear of the contempt proceedings and therefore was it effectively more of …”

“Just to push you slightly, Chief Constable, this is precharge. In terms of the decision around saying where the suspect was born even—not just lived or where he is from, but where he was born was also released—I do not think it is necessarily standard in a press release to say where a suspect was born. On the advice th…”

“Do you feel that that capability has to be available at a local level for all 40-plus forces or is that a national capability that local police forces can tap into, of course being informed at a local level by local officers? I was struck by your comment, Chief Constable Harrington, around the disadvantage of having a …”

“Chief Constable Harrington, just in regards to the report—I will not go into great detail around that—in terms of making sure that the learning from that report is being embedded across all police forces at your level and down, what role does the National Police Chiefs’ Council have around that assurance? Then a simila…”

“That is with deadlines and timelines, is it? Chief Constable Harrington: Yes, working through all those. Many of those things are already in place through our committees. For example, some of the questions around tactics and equipment, there is already an existing working group chaired by a chief constable who is looki…”

“Who owns it nationally to ensure that all police forces do that by a certain date? Because I have to say I was quite astounded by the fact that there is a 19 year-old media protocol that was found so wanting in a case like this and it still has not been updated. Who is owning this in terms of making sure that it happen…”

“Do you think fundamentally this talks to a point that there is no national body that holds you guys to account as individual police forces on stuff like this? There is clearly and rightly an operational independence of course from politicians, but on things like a social media protocol or a media protocol that is not n…”

“Of course a protocol in itself is not the silver bullet, but I do not think it takes a brain surgeon to realise that a protocol that was probably designed and published before the invention of the iPhone was required to be updated by somebody well before 19 years after it has been published. It also links to some very …”

“The thing about of an inspectorate, whether it is the HMIC in your case or CQC or Ofsted in other areas, is that it is retrospective. It is a moment in time; it is a window that is inspected. What I am probably getting to more is a systematic approach of accountability to ensure that officers on the frontline are not w…”

“The cost of that to neighbourhoods is obvious, but also there is a financial cost. Why doesn’t the Government charge organisations such as football clubs, for example? At the moment the police do get funding for inside the ground but not outside the ground. Why doesn’t the Government look at ways in which to—of course,…”

“On repeated protests, the same organisations time and time again, week after week, are putting a huge demand on police forces. Of course they have a right to protest and that has to be balanced, but there is also a proportionality to that, is there not?”

“I don’t know if this is a question for the Minister or for yourself, Mr Johnson, but in terms of benchmarking us across other countries—this is a global issue, social media, organisation of crime, misinformation—have we done any benchmarking across the world on other areas that are further forward on this? AI is being …”

“One of the things that the Government absolutely can do is ensure that funding is made available, particularly when there are these types of unprecedented demands. We heard from the chief constables earlier that a letter of comfort was provided to police forces and they planned on that basis that funding would be reimb…”

“The commitment was made to reimburse the costs to police forces—they planned on that basis. Is it something that you are pushing Treasury to fund from a special reserve on the basis that it was a special set of circumstances that none of us could have predicted or planned for financially?”

“This is a very quick question in regard to the ultimate decision. I accept that the CPS gave you advice, but it was your decision ultimately. What was the consideration given in terms of overriding the decision made by the local CPS? Was that in fear of the contempt proceedings and therefore was it effectively more of …”

“Just to push you slightly, Chief Constable, this is precharge. In terms of the decision around saying where the suspect was born even—not just lived or where he is from, but where he was born was also released—I do not think it is necessarily standard in a press release to say where a suspect was born. On the advice th…”

“Do you feel that that capability has to be available at a local level for all 40-plus forces or is that a national capability that local police forces can tap into, of course being informed at a local level by local officers? I was struck by your comment, Chief Constable Harrington, around the disadvantage of having a …”

“Chief Constable Harrington, just in regards to the report—I will not go into great detail around that—in terms of making sure that the learning from that report is being embedded across all police forces at your level and down, what role does the National Police Chiefs’ Council have around that assurance? Then a simila…”

“That is with deadlines and timelines, is it? Chief Constable Harrington: Yes, working through all those. Many of those things are already in place through our committees. For example, some of the questions around tactics and equipment, there is already an existing working group chaired by a chief constable who is looki…”