Law and Order

Committee

Resumed from 19 February. The Deputy Chair of Committees (Hon Robin Chapple) in the chair; Hon Sue Ellery (Leader of the House) in charge of the bill.

Comments and speeches from various members

Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN: I move —

Page 20, line 28 — To delete “substantially”.

Comments and speeches from various members

2700. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Police:

I refer to strip searches undertaken by Western Australia Police in 2018–19, and I ask:

(a)  how many strip searches were conducted on children under the age of 18 years;

(b)  how many of (a) were on:

(i)  males; and

(ii)  females;

(c)  what ages were the children from b(i) and (b)(ii); and