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HANSARDIndia: Scam Call CentresI hope the noble Lord will forgive me when I say that I do not have specific information to hand on the NHS. It is pretty disgusting how this exploitation takes place very quickly…21 Apr 2020HANSARDIndia: Scam Call CentresMy Lords, I know that law enforcement agencies are working extremely hard. In fact, every day I am on operational calls with various law enforcement agencies, and my mother was…21 Apr 2020HANSARDIndia: Scam Call CentresMy Lords, the Government take fraud very seriously and are committed to combatting it. The City of London Police, which is the national lead force for fraud, has partnered with…21 Apr 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL] I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, for her explanation and the noble Lord, Lord Wood. As noble Lords will know, the courts to which all extradition suspects must be taken,…23 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL] My Lords, I thank both noble Lords who have spoken. I was looking at the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, slightly strangely because it is unusual to speak twice on the same group of…23 Mar 2020HANSARDExtradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL] I most certainly am saying that. For me to lay out arguments today, with the noble Baroness saying what she said about coming back to this at Third Reading, would seem a little…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCounty Lines Drug TraffickingMy Lords, county lines has a devastating impact on our children and communities, and this Government are determined to crack down on these criminal gangs. We are providing £25…19 Mar 2020HANSARDCounty Lines Drug TraffickingThe noble Baroness will know from previous answers I have given that the number is estimated to be fewer than 10; she will recall the report that looked into that. It is something…19 Mar 2020HANSARDWindrush Lessons Learned ReviewMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will repeat a Statement given by my right honourable friend the Home Secretary in the other place. The Statement is as follows: “Mr…19 Mar 2020HANSARDCounty Lines Drug TraffickingMy Lords, as I said earlier, I think these issues are multifactorial. One thing that the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, would say if he were here is that it is driven by the drugs…19 Mar 2020HANSARDCounty Lines Drug TraffickingNoble Lords have previously brought up in this House that the young people who are drawn into this sort of activity are not themselves criminals; they are victims of other…19 Mar 2020HANSARDCounty Lines Drug TraffickingMy Lords, like all these things, the causes are multifactorial. The symptoms are also many and varied. It might not be drugs or county lines that a young person gets into; it…19 Mar 2020HANSARDCounty Lines Drug TraffickingThe noble Lord makes exactly the right point: towns and counties that one would usually not expect to be associated with such criminal activity in fact are. I pay tribute to Julie…19 Mar 2020HANSARDCounty Lines Drug TraffickingI most certainly agree with the noble Lord about this whole thing being driven by the drugs markets. The types of people who are most predominantly targeted and engaged in this…19 Mar 2020HANSARDWindrush Lessons Learned ReviewI thank the most reverend Primate for those points. He has educated me this afternoon because I did not realise that the Church of England gave the Windrush generation such an…19 Mar 2020HANSARDWindrush Lessons Learned ReviewI thank my noble friend. Like he does, I feel regret for the failings, which are so well reflected. Without pinning blame or naming and shaming, it is an incredible document. I…19 Mar 2020HANSARDWindrush Lessons Learned ReviewMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, and the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, for the points that they have made. Both of them questioned the timing. It is absolutely right…19 Mar 2020HANSARDCounty Lines Drug TraffickingI certainly take the noble Baroness’s comments on board. The Government constantly review legislation to ensure that it is working effectively, but I shall certainly look into the…19 Mar 2020HANSARDOperation MidlandMy Lords, there is generally a presumption of anonymity but there may be policing reasons why, in the course of an investigation, police may release names. Quite often, it is the…18 Mar 2020HANSARDOperation MidlandI am glad that the noble Lord raises this because we need to see this in the broader context of historical abuse against children, of which there have been 11,346 non-recent…18 Mar 2020