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HANSARDKnife CrimeI totally agree with my noble friend that we should indeed learn from successes. There are pockets of very good practice all over the country. We do not always have the magic…21 Jul 2020HANSARDKnife CrimeThe Home Secretary already meets policing leaders and other stakeholders on tackling crime. On the noble Lord’s first point, safeguards are in place to ensure that stop and search…21 Jul 2020HANSARDKnife CrimeI can quite confidently say yes, we will. We are already not far off that 6,000 figure, and that is in only the first year. Although I confidently told the House the other week…21 Jul 2020HANSARDKnife CrimeMy noble and learned friend is right that it appears to be used disproportionately towards black and Asian young people. Of course, they are quite often the victims in all this.…21 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning Bill20 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all those who have spoken on this group of amendments and to those who have welcomed the government amendments. I take the opportunity to reiterate to…20 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning Bill20 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning Bill20 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning Bill20 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 29, I will also speak to the other government amendments grouped with it and to which it relates. I thank noble Lords who have scrutinised the…20 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillI can tell my noble friend that I would love to come with him to a brewery.20 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I would be delighted to meet my noble friend to discuss making progress on this. As I say, I am very glad to have a friend in digital identity.20 Jul 2020HANSARDBusiness and Planning BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, particularly for the interest in Amendment 52, tabled by my noble friends Lady Neville-Rolfe and Lord Bourne and…20 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Human TraffickingThe noble Baroness makes a very good point. However, as I said earlier, modern slavery can be a hidden crime, so it is incumbent upon all agencies in their work to try and…16 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Human TraffickingI mentioned earlier some of the funding mechanisms that will be available. My noble friend is absolutely right that we have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of…16 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Human TraffickingThe noble Baroness points to something that we have been very mindful of throughout this lockdown period. I did not quite hear what she said about whom we might support. Was she…16 Jul 2020HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020My Lords, the threat level in the UK, which is set by the independent Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, remains at “substantial”. This means that a terrorist attack in our country…16 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Human TraffickingMy Lords, whether we have a points-based system or not, people who work in our agricultural sector should be protected from exploitation by unscrupulous people who might employ…16 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Human TraffickingI agree with the noble and learned Baroness in the sense that we have paused an awful lot of the processes that might be in place for people seeking asylum. Protecting people…16 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Human TraffickingI join the noble Lord in his praise for the Clewer Initiative. We feel that victims have been more in danger not because local services are not available to them but because we…16 Jul 2020