§ Lord Cocks of Hartcliffeasked Her Majesty's Government:
Who were the members of the group convened by the human rights organisation Liberty which produced the independent report on the future of the police complaints system, referred to in the Home Office Consultation Paper Complaints Against the Police. [HL2730]
§ Lord Bassam of BrightonThe Liberty report entitledAn Independent Police Complaints Commission was researched and produced by James Harrison and Mary Cunneen of Liberty. Their work was overseen by an advisory committee comprised of:
- The right honourable Lord Archer of Sandwell QC;
- Nicholas Blake QC, Barrister;
- Stephen Cragg, Barrister;
- Professor Brice Dickson, Chief Commissioner, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission;
- Chief Constable George Hedges QPM, Chair, Association of Chief Police Officers Police Complaints and Discipline Sub-Committee;
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- Professor Mike Maguire, University of Cardiff;
- Tony Mason, Secretary, Police Federation Committee on Police Complaints and Discipline;
- Professor Mike McConville, University of Warwick;
- Molly Meacher, Acting Chair, Police Complaints Authority;
- Peter Moorhouse, Former Chair, Police Complaints Authority;
- John Webber, Solicitor, Russell Jones and Walker;
Ian Westwood, Vice Chair, Police Federation; and Home Office officials also attended as observers.
Members of the Committee agreed the terms of reference for the research and contributed to the final report by attendance at regular meetings, suggesting lines of research, and advising on the viability of proposals. The views contained in the report are those of Liberty and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of all the members of the Committee.