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HANSARDKnife 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 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 BanI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and that will be part of my case, so I am sure I will be able to meet that test. It feels like most days we wake up…06 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife and Sword BanI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention, because she has done incredible work that is admired by me and the shadow Home Secretary. A lot of what I am about to talk…06 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife and Sword BanThere is clearly much that we can learn from the Scottish approach. I have not had the opportunity to meet Medics Against Violence, but on the hon. Member’s recommendation I will…06 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife and Sword BanI beg to move, That this House condemns the Government for overseeing a 77 per cent increase in knife crime since 2015; recognises the devastating impact that knife crime has on…06 Feb 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I note what the Minister says around the transformed approach. The only evidence that will work is whether the charging number increases and cases get to judgment. We will wait to…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am grateful for that, and we want to see that success. I add my congratulations to Chief Constable Watson, as well as to—for a little balance—the Mayor of Greater Manchester and…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)That does not seem to be the same. Universally, passengers go on to a bus and expect to pay a fare; there is no sense of a growing picture of violence related to bus drivers…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am grateful for the Minister’s assurances on the Government’s intent, and on that basis I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause , by leave, withdrawn. New Schedule 1…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause would create a new offence of assaulting a retail worker. It is no secret that I have been pursuing this issue…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Yes. We are talking about an epidemic scale, and it behoves us to take action. Too many staff have given up on us or on the police and are just pricing violence and abuse in as…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for a very full answer and the thoughtful statement on the Government’s case is much appreciated. I start by saying that Ministers on a number of…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. It is a pleasure, Sir Graham, to serve with you in the Chair on this final afternoon in Committee. We did not want to miss…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Is the Minister saying that if a broader new clause covering all those types of assault were brought back on Report, it would be acceptable to the Government?30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to follow the excellent contributions from my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Yardley and from the right hon. Member for Chelmsford. I have spoken to the…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Latham, for the Committee’s final day. The new clause is a welcome addition to the Bill. Clearly, experts have identified that…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)The new clauses would introduce a statutory defence into the Computer Misuse Act 1990 for cyber-security professionals who are acting in the public interest to better protect the…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I would not want to pre-empt anything I might say in the debate, but I wonder whether she might join me in praising my hon. Friend…25 Jan 2024