Minister: I assume police have good reasons to conduct strip-searches

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Minister: I assume police have good reasons to conduct strip-searches

Home Office minister faced groans from peers after comments on child strip searches.

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Date - 28th March 2023
By - Police Oracle

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A Home Office minister said he would “assume” police have “very good reasons” to conduct child strip-searches after a report from the Children's Commissioner warned of safeguarding failures. Conservative...

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