Professor Amanda Haynes:

Those are really good points. If we adopt the principle that we need to be recording ethnicity around stop and search, we can examine the different options that are available. There are different options available, including self-identification, which is the approach we would advocate for.

I completely accept what the Chair said. There is a fundamental issue around, as Dr. Joyce said, not just trusting in the criminal justice system but the trustworthiness of that system. I note also the reason we have Traveller ethnicity recorded as part of the census is because the Traveller community advocated for that.