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HANSARDDraft Data Protection Act 2018 (Amendment of Schedule 2 Exemptions) Regulations 2024It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Vaz. This statutory instrument comes at the end of what might be described as a more than five-year saga over the…28 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife CrimeWith incidents up by 70% since 2015, the public are looking for leadership on knife crime. Earlier this month, the Government would not support our plan, which includes broadening…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillThere we go. I will resist the temptation to ask the right hon. Member who their left back is, because I think that could expose him.23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillI am looking forward to this.23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillI absolutely agree. My friendship with the right hon. Member for Staffordshire Moorlands (Dame Karen Bradley) came about because she goes to City, as I do—that is something we…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillIt is a pleasure to speak for the Opposition. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan) on his Bill, which I support. He is a skilled…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillI can name similar miscreants on our Benches very well. My hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders) is the first who springs to mind. Football is part…23 Feb 2024HANSARD Off-road BikingIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Latham. I congratulate the hon. Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson) on securing the debate, and all those who have…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Off-road BikingI knew the Minister would love that.20 Feb 2024HANSARD Police Grant ReportIs it not serious, then?07 Feb 2024HANSARD Police Grant ReportI have had conversations with my colleagues in Wales on that matter. There is something to be said about the funding formula and Barnett—I am not conflating them, but I think that…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Police Grant ReportI am grateful for that contribution from my hon. Friend. Yes, I think the public would expect not only that the formulas reflect the need across the country, but that when…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Police Grant ReportI am grateful for that intervention. I do not think that it is revelatory—indeed, we will decades if not a century and a half’s worth of precedent—that central Government fund…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Police Grant ReportMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and I absolutely share his view. Neighbourhood policing is the bedrock of policing. A lot of the problems that we are trying to deal…07 Feb 2024HANSARD Police Grant ReportOur thanks go to police officers, police community support officers and police staff across the country for their work. It can be dangerous, but it is always important. Our…07 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife and Sword BanThat is a hugely important intervention from the right hon. Gentleman. I have real anxieties about pupil referral units, exclusions and internal exclusions. It was a problem prior…06 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife and Sword BanI have to say I am a little saddened by that intervention. This is a deeply serious issue about which the public expect to hear answers. I do not think the public would consider…06 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife and Sword BanThe hon. Member raises an important point that needs parliamentary scrutiny. We have an anxiety, as hon. Friends have mentioned many times, that crimes happening in domestic…06 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife and Sword BanDon’t do this again!06 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife and Sword BanI share my hon. Friend’s view. He talks of a case in his community, and we are waking up seemingly so many days in every week with another case in another area in villages, towns…06 Feb 2024