questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the potential merits of introducing sanctions for police forces for instances of poor performance during stop and search.
answerText: Stop and search is a vital tool for tackling crime, but it must be exercised fairly and lawfully. Using ethnicity as a factor in deciding whether to stop and search someone, except where pursuing a specific description, is unlawful. Code A of the Police a...
heading: Stop and Search