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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-12-01more like thismore than 2014-12-01
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Police and Crime Commissioners more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that police and crime commissioners are accountable to the public. more like this
tabling member constituency Harlow more like this
tabling member printed
Robert Halfon more like this
uin 216627 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-12-05more like thismore than 2014-12-05
answer text <p>Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are held accountable by the most effective check on any politician: the ballot box. This democratic power did not exist before 2012, when we replaced invisible, unaccountable police <br>authorities with directly elected PCCs. Under the old system, the public had no say in who served as a police authority chairman or member and more than 5.8 million votes have been cast for PCCs since their introduction.<br><br>The rules on the dismissal of a PCC are stronger than those for similar directly elected roles, such as MPs. Police and Crime Panels hold the power to suspend a PCC charged with an offence which carries a maximum sentence above <br>two years imprisonment. Any PCC found guilty of an imprisonable offence (whether or not a custodial sentence is handed down) is immediately disqualified from holding office.<br><br>The Home Secretary has said that there is a debate to be had on the issue of PCC recall, and the Government will listen carefully to the views of the Home Affairs Select Committee, of Parliament, and of the public more generally, and <br>will reflect upon these views.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead more like this
answering member printed Mike Penning more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-12-05T14:10:44.527Zmore like thismore than 2014-12-05T14:10:44.527Z
answering member
1528
label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning more like this
tabling member
3985
label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this