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HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Do you have any general comments about the antisocial behaviour provisions in the Bill? Chief Constable Stephens: In broad terms, we welcome the antisocial behaviour provisions.…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, witnesses, for your time this morning; it is much appreciated. Graeme Biggar, clauses 1 to 8 relate to serious crime, theft or fraud. For us in this place, it can be…12 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyI will not take lectures on police numbers from a member of a party that cut them. As I said to his hon. Friend, the hon. Member for Rother Valley (Alexander Stafford), those are…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyI do agree. One of the core missions of a future Labour Government will be to tackle that poverty and give everybody the opportunity to live full, productive and happy lives.…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyThe hon. Gentleman wishes to express confidence and ease, but I am afraid he is not doing a very good job of it. There is a better way: where the Government have failed, the…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyAs the hon. Gentleman knows, those are devolved decisions where that individual has the mandate to make such decisions. His constituents have the right to change the police and…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyMy hon. Friend is exactly right and I will come on to our plans for more PCSOs. They provide a neighbourhood link and, as she says, a more sustained connection to a community.…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyI am grateful for that intervention from my Co-operative party colleague, because I can express our pride that the Co-operative party is spearheading this work in Parliament. I…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyPolicing is a reserved matter, as the hon. Gentleman says, but the experience of communities like his is reflected across all our four nations. That is why I said to his hon.…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyI am grateful for that intervention. The causality is there: the lack of availability of neighbourhood policing has created an environment in which people feel that they can steal…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for seeking to explain to me my own amendment to that legislation. I promise him that I will get to that point. I will not break that…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyAbsolutely. I thank the hon. Lady for her question. It becomes more pressing, as she says, with rural communities, because the thin blue line can feel very thin indeed. It is…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTown Centre SafetyI beg to move, That this House condemns the Government’s failure to tackle town centre crime; is concerned that shoplifting has reached record levels, with a 25% rise over the…05 Dec 2023HANSARD Draft Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Codes A, B, C, D and H and New Code I) Order 2023It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Davies. As we heard from the Minister, the order concerns numerous changes to the codes of practice contained in PACE. We accept…30 Nov 2023HANSARDOrganised CrimeThis autumn, the Government pledged to treat retail crime as organised crime, but with their Criminal Justice Bill, they have fallen at the first hurdle. There is no consolidated…27 Nov 2023HANSARDAlcohol Licensing (Coronavirus) (Regulatory Easements) (Amendment) Regulations 2023It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Elliott. I welcome the Minister to her position. I know that she will bring her characteristic thoughtfulness to her work. The…15 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesWill the Minister confirm that it is the Government’s position that there should be no compulsion for people to leave their homes in Gaza, and that when people are displaced by…14 Nov 2023HANSARD Hate Crime Against the LGBT+ CommunityAbsolutely. We want to send a very strong signal that, under a future Labour Government, there would be 13,000 extra staff, compared with the 10,000 fewer we have at the moment,…18 Oct 2023HANSARD Hate Crime Against the LGBT+ CommunityIt is a pleasure to see you in the chair, Mrs Cummins. I would like to start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty) for securing…18 Oct 2023HANSARDCrime ReductionThe Home Secretary seeks to paint a rosy picture on crime. In reality, retail crime is, as described by the Co-op, “out of control”, and with 10,000 fewer neighbourhood police and…18 Sept 2023