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HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I give way to the Minister; nothing would please me more than to be contradicted.16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I absolutely agree, and that is exactly the point I am about to make. It is a legitimate anxiety. If that is wrong and I am somehow being conspiratorial, albeit it is not my…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)The second point and the tone of the Minister’s contribution certainly give me a degree of comfort. The first point does not give me any comfort at all. The line that he quoted,…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I want to speak to amendment 60 in my name. I do not know whether the Official Report can capture this, but my feeling is, “Hmm!” There are things I hoped the Minister would say,…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)Given the time left in this sitting, I thought there was a degree of optimism when the Minister stood up on a matter related to some degree to illegal gambling and thought it…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)Just briefly, what the Minister has said is in the Bill is welcome. I still think that a stronger signal on tightness may yet need to be furnished. The rubber will meet the road…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful for colleagues’ contributions. My hon. Friend the Member for Bootle raised a couple of points. We must always hold in our head how things will operate in practice.…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)There are considerable concerns about clause 19, as colleagues have demonstrated by tabling amendment 2. As far as amendments to Bills tabled by people who are not Committee…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 58, in clause 19, page 16, line 24, at end insert— “(4) The Secretary of State must, as soon as is practicable after a period of two years from the date of…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful for the contribution from my hon. Friend the Member for Bootle. His points about human rights are really important. In this Committee, and during the Bill’s…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 61, in clause 19, page 15, line 17, at end insert— “(8) A constable may search a specified premises for specified items without obtaining authorisation…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)This provision is to some degree the less controversial—though not unimportant—counterpart to clause 19, so I will keep some of my arguments for the next debate. The Minister…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)Sadly, it has been a defining feature of the past nearly 14 years that we have been left dealing with significant issues such as substance misuse at the latest and most expensive…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)The evidence from Humberside was strong and gave us encouragement to expand the scheme nationally; the challenge will be whether we see the same level of thought in its…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend. Routinely or in extremis, demand pressures can push officers to do just the basics—keeping people safe and putting people in detention—rather than…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)As we have heard, clauses 15 to 17 expand police powers to test for drugs in suspects who have been arrested and are in police detention. Drug testing on arrest was originally…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to resume proceedings with you in the Chair, Ms Bardell. I shall resist the temptation to start again for your benefit; I am sure you can look in the Official…16 Jan 2024HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingAs my hon. Friend the Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore) said, to this day we are feeling the devastating impact of the Tories’ decision to cut 20,000 police officers. Ministers…15 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifth sitting)That is a very reasonable correction. I am grateful for the Minister’s response, and in particular the comfort on amendments 51 and 52, which relate to clause 1(3) and clause…11 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 13 is right and is a welcome addition, so I do not have much to say about the two lines that form it. I will keep my powder dry for my amendments to the schedule that the…11 Jan 2024