“The Government must now ensure that funding is made available to respond to the significant resource and capacity requirements needed to successfully implement Martyn’s Law.”
Responding to the Government’s announcement of details for a new Protect Duty also known as Martyn’s Law, Cllr Nesil Caliskan, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Safer & Stronger Communities Board, said:
“Councils working with their partners already carry out considerable work to protect and keep communities safe.
“The Government must now ensure that funding is made available to respond to the significant resource and capacity requirements needed to successfully implement Martyn’s Law.
“There should also be sufficient lead-in time, and guidance provided ahead of the legislation coming into force so that councils and others understand their new obligations and can prepare accordingly.
“In addition, government should provide clarity around how the new duty will be enforced.
“It is vital that measures to increase security continue to sit alongside investment in prevention programmes, that aim to stop people carrying out attacks, tackle extremism and build community cohesion and resilience.”