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HANSARDPolice AccountabilityMy Lords, we welcome the Home Secretary’s emphasis on speeding up proceedings in cases involving police using lethal force. Protracted investigations cause additional trauma to…28 Oct 2024HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024My Lords, we accept the recommendation of the advisory council and support the tightening of these regulations. I shall add a couple of comments. In relation to synthetic opioids,…22 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice: Firearms OfficersMy Lords, for any family to lose a child is truly tragic, but it is absolutely dreadful to lose a child in such circumstances. When you add to this the deep distrust of the police…22 Oct 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I welcome the new Minister and hope that the new appointments will lead to a fresh conversation about our police service. Policing in this country is not working…24 Jul 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024My Lords, in 2021-22, 282 people lost their lives to knife crime—the highest number of people killed with a knife in over 70 years. The biggest increase was among boys aged…18 Apr 2024HANSARDPolice Recruitment: ReformMy Lords, everyone is appalled by this dreadful crime and our thoughts are with Sarah Everard’s family. Will the Government commit to ensuring that female police officers and…05 Mar 2024HANSARDAngiolini Inquiry ReportMy Lords, what happened to Sarah Everard was horrific, and made worse by the fact that this callous murder was committed by a serving police officer. The report says that Wayne…05 Mar 2024HANSARDSecurity of Elected RepresentativesBut I commend to him our paper from 2019, setting out proposals for the creation of a new online crime agency to effectively tackle online crimes such as personal fraud, and…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSecurity of Elected RepresentativesMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement to the House and note that this additional funding will be spent primarily in supporting MPs, councillors, police and…29 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife Crime: Violence Reduction UnitsMy Lords, violence reduction units can definitely reduce knife crime, as has been shown time and time again, but for them to be able to do their job properly they need long-term…20 Feb 2024HANSARDProtest MeasuresMy Lords, I appreciate that the Government are trying to strike a balance among competing priorities—maintaining the right to peaceful protest, restraining incitement to racial…13 Feb 2024HANSARDSir Edward Heath: Operation ConiferMy Lords, I agree with all those who have said how regrettable it is that anyone should have their name dragged through the mud, particularly when they are not here to defend…17 Jan 2024HANSARDPolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Codes A, B, C, D and H and New Code I) Order 2023My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction. As he said, the changes have already been debated at length and approved by Parliament, and we will not oppose them. However,…12 Dec 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police ReformMy Lords, last month, the police watchdog published an urgent report warning of the serious risks posed to London’s most vulnerable children by the Met’s ongoing failures in child…27 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I too welcome the three maiden speakers, who made such excellent speeches. It was very disappointing to me that, yet again, tourism was not mentioned in the King’s…14 Nov 2023HANSARDElectronic Travel AuthorisationTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the merits of their proposed Electronic Travel Authorisation as compared with the proposed European Travel…17 Jul 2023HANSARDElectronic Travel AuthorisationMy Lords, this new system will also require all passengers transiting through UK airports to have an ETA. The EU equivalent system has no such requirement. This means that more…17 Jul 2023HANSARDTourist Spending: VATTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of VAT on tourist spending.24 May 2023HANSARDTourist Spending: VATI find it so difficult to understand why the Government keep saying that the reintroduction of VAT-free shopping for tourists would be a problem for the country and would cost…24 May 2023HANSARDMicrochipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, I too very much welcome this instrument, which is long overdue. I was quite shocked when I looked up the figures for how pet theft has rocketed: in my part of the world,…19 Apr 2023