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Given the horrendous circumstances of Henry Novak's death, can I urge the Prime Minister

to consider this? It is now clear to growing millions in this country that we are living

under two-tier policing. The instructions that are given to police officers from police

bosses are clear and written down in ink. It says you must treat different ethnic groups

in different ways. That, apart from the upset and the anger at the circumstances of his

death, the anger that you saw spilling out in Southampton last night, which is in danger

of getting considerably worse, if the public lose trust in being treated fairly by the

police, can he take some action to end this divisive practice of two-tier policing and

make sure that all British citizens are treated the same?

I do not believe that there is two-tier policing in this country. I am really shocked that

he pretends to have respect for Henry's family and then acts in this way. They are a grieving

family.

Mr Blush, it is a very important question. I want to hear the Prime Minister. If you want

to carry on, go outside, please, Prime Minister.

Grieving families have asked us not to respond in the way that the leader of reform has responded.

They have asked us not to. They have lost their son in the most appalling circumstances.

They make a simple plea of us, as human beings, to please not exploit that. That is their

plea to us. We all need to reflect on those words of Henry's father. My response, and

the response of others, to be fair, has focused on the lessons to be learned so that we can

deliver justice. His response has been to appeal for rage—rage. That is his response

to a father who has lost his son and asked for that not to happen. Exploiting this tragedy

to create grievance and division would be wrong in any circumstances, but to do it when

the family are expressly saying, please don't, is unforgivable. It shows exactly who he is.