The niche market has halved from 2012 to about £55m. So key question should be what’s the police internal spend now compared to 2012? House of Lords

If police drive down prices who pays for research? House of Lords

Hopefully the police will be asked about their accreditation to ISO stds. House of Lords

Do the accreditation standards equally apply to CSI scene work and fingerprint work? It’s key all practitioners follow the FSR codes. House of Lords

Why police not fully accredited - yet we had a FSR since 2008 - that’s 10 years ago. If the police could work together that would help for consistency and hopefully quality. House of Lords

Prosecutions based on no accreditation but what about CSI and fingerprints accreditation? House of Lords

FSR needs stat powers to enable her to set, monitor and maintain quality stds. House of Lords

Transforming Firdnsics - Not building another business case for digital - oh dear that’s about 9 months! (Sorry to be cynical).

A very proud Dad - what else can one say, we’ll done AJ

Government response to the HO Biometrics strategy - closer than you might think - publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cm…

Great week, really enjoyed talking to final year forensic science students UCLan Forensic Sciences about why ‘forensic’ is so important and it’s impact on our science at the scene, in the lab and at Court. I enjoyed the interactive quiz at the end.

Listening to House of Lords Forensic Science review - talking about research. The elephant in the room how to make research top down rather than bottom up - doing what people like as opposed to what the investigators and courts need #UKHouseofLords

Now talking about the primers - 2 delivered months and months ago - surely we need more.

So looking forward to the CSFS Ball to celebrate its 60years. Exciting evening planned and I understand there are still tickets. Why not get together and book a table, go on splash out and enjoy. csofs.org/Events/The-Cha…

It’s nearly June, and that means the CSFS Ball - csofs.org/Events/The-Cha… it promises to be a great night. There’s still time to book your tickets. CSoFS

I've #justsponsored my daughter AJ and Chris Rankin-Wright, who's fundraising for Coeliac UK on JustGiving. Hear their story and then find out what your diet is like with coeliac disease and being gluten free. A donation, no matter how small can help. justgiving.com/fundraising/AJ…

Supporting scene first responders - so important and vital to initiate a successful investigation. tees.ac.uk//sections/busi…

On the 31/3/2022 it will be 10 years since the official closure of the FSS. Some will say good riddens but there will be some, like me, who view the loss of 6 integrated, fully accredited forensic labs, a research facility as a tragedy. How our forensic industry has changed.

This is very good. A fabulous communicator.

Was it really said on BBC1 Question time last night (17th March) that Marks and Spencer are still operating in Russia? Surely that can’t be true, can it?