▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁he ▁was ▁f ined ▁£ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁for ▁inst ig ating ▁ 3 5 , 6 2 9 ▁automatic ▁phone ▁calls ▁ur ging ▁people ▁to ▁back ▁his ▁mayor al ▁campaign ▁without ▁gain ing ▁permission ▁to ▁contact ▁the ▁party ▁members ▁concerned . ▁Lam my ▁apolog ised ▁" un res erved ly " ▁for ▁bre ach ▁of ▁the ▁Priv acy ▁and ▁Electron ic ▁Communic ation ▁Reg ulations . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁a ▁politician ▁had ▁been ▁f ined ▁for ▁author ising ▁n uis ance ▁calls . ▁ ▁View s ▁ ▁Crime ▁Lam my ▁has ▁over ▁the ▁years ▁public ly ▁attributed ▁bl ame ▁for ▁certain ▁cr imes ▁to ▁various ▁specific ▁causes ▁and ▁persons . ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁talked ▁about ▁black ▁and ▁eth nic ▁minor ity ▁pe op les , ▁especially ▁those ▁who ▁are ▁younger , ▁their ▁relation ▁with ▁crime ▁and ▁how ▁they ▁are ▁treated ▁by ▁the ▁criminal ▁justice ▁system . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 1 ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁in ▁an ▁address ▁to ▁Parliament , ▁Lam my ▁attributed ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁cause ▁for ▁England ' s ▁ri ots ▁of ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁earlier ▁to ▁destruct ive ▁' c ult ures ' ▁that ▁had ▁emer ged ▁under ▁the ▁prev ail ing ▁policies . ▁He ▁also ▁stated ▁that ▁legisl ation ▁restrict ing ▁the ▁degree ▁of ▁violence ▁which ▁parents ▁are ▁allowed ▁to ▁use ▁when ▁discipl ining ▁their ▁children ▁was ▁partly ▁to ▁bl ame ▁for ▁current ▁youth ▁culture , ▁that ▁had ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁ri