Restoring Londoners’ Confidence in the Met

Susan Hall AM moved, and Shaun Bailey AM seconded the following motion:

“This Assembly wishes to express its concern regarding the outcome of the Metropolitan Police Service’s latest PEEL assessment, conducted by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS).

The Inspectorate concluded that the Met is failing in almost all its areas of work, with zero of the nine areas assessed rated as ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’. Many Londoners will be particularly concerned that investigating crime and managing offenders were rated as ‘Inadequate’, the lowest possible rating.

This Assembly wishes to note HM Inspector’s “serious concerns about how the force is currently investigating crime and managing offenders and suspects” and “concerns about how the force is preventing and reducing crime and providing victims with an effective service”.

This Assembly also notes HM Inspector’s concerns regarding cultural issues within the service and with regret that the Met’s reform plan was not fully funded in 2024/25 because of budget pressures across the force.

This Assembly also wishes to recognise HM Inspector’s positive comments around the fair and proportionate use of stop and search and would like to thank Met officers for their hard work on delivering this across the capital.

This Assembly calls on the Mayor as London’s Police and Crime Commissioner to set out in detail how he intends to improve the Met’s performance in response to this assessment and restore Londoner’s confidence in their police service.”

Following debate and upon being put to the vote, the motion was agreed with 20 votes in favour and 2 against.