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Laura Kuenssberg

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

There will, of course, be this review into what happened to Henry Novak.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

The police watchdog is looking at exactly what went wrong there.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

We know the Conservatives are then calling for a separate independent rapid review, to use the terminology.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

That would be something with a bit more meat content.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

And just lastly, the family, and I've been talking to representatives of the family who have been very clear, they did not want this to blow up into an angry political row.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

And that is what has happened.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

But what they do want is a specific change in the law.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

around Sikh ceremonial knives.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

So as things stand, and you'll be more familiar with this than I am, but as things stand, I'm told section 47 of the 2019 piece of legislation exempts ceremonial knives from being classed as offensive weapons

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

The family want that to be changed so that large ceremonial knives would be covered by that legislation.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

Can you see that happening?

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

I mean, should we actually in this conversation be talking about the prevalence of knife crime rather than the racial elements that have been raised by politicians?

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

And it's interesting, there was a very, what I thought was a very powerful letter from the CKMPs in Parliament.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

All of the CKMPs in Parliament published this joint letter yesterday saying this is not about religion.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

This is basically about a young man who has been murdered.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

And they indicated a willingness to, you know, there is a debate about whether or not people could be allowed to carry the much smaller ceremonial knives.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

The need for a large, there's a debate even about whether or not the size of knife like that could be regarded as a ceremonial weapon.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

Danny, thank you very much indeed for coming in.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

It's been really good to talk about these sensitive issues in a really calm way and with the benefit of your many years of experience.

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Will Henry Nowak’s Murder Change Policing?

Thank you.