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HANSARDEmergency Services NetworkMy Lords, the team that will be responsible for delivering it has changed, and I know that the Permanent Secretary is taking personal responsibility for its delivery as well. The…14 May 2019HANSARDEmergency Services NetworkThe noble Lord is absolutely right to point out what the NAO report says. I am not going to sugar-coat the cost and time overruns, but we can take some comfort from the fact that…14 May 2019HANSARDEmergency Services NetworkMy Lords, the emergency services network aims to deliver an ambitious world-leading digital communications network for the emergency services by 2022, resulting in savings of £200…14 May 2019HANSARDStalkingThe noble Baroness makes a good point. She will know that we have asked the Law Commission to look at various types of hate crime. Misogyny is among the things they could look at…14 May 2019HANSARDStalkingThe noble Lord is absolutely right to point out that stalking is, at its heart, an obsessive undertaking. Often these obsessions are linked to mental conditions and the police…14 May 2019HANSARDStalkingOn the noble Baroness’s second question, she is absolutely right: the Government were challenged, and I was challenged, by Emma Watson on Friday about the fact that we had not yet…14 May 2019HANSARDStalkingI think I outlined the training to the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, but on charge rates halving, I have acknowledged previously that the figure for referrals—and therefore for…14 May 2019HANSARDStalkingMy Lords, the noble Baroness points out the very stark, very low figures for people who will go to the police. If officers do not have the training to spot the signs of harassment…14 May 2019HANSARDStalkingMy Lords, before I start, may I take a moment to apologise to the doorkeepers? Last week, I referred to them as doormen. Of course, they do not stand outside the doors of…14 May 2019HANSARDGrooming GangsI remind the noble Lord and others that we are now seven minutes into my 10-minute response, so there will be a number of questions that I will not get to. Of course, the amount…14 May 2019HANSARDGrooming GangsNo, the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, has raised a valid point. Taxi drivers can not only operate in another local authority but cross local authority boundaries into the one where…14 May 2019HANSARDGrooming GangsI totally recognise the point that my noble friend made. In fact, I was going to get on to it later.14 May 2019HANSARDStalkingThe noble Lord is right that coercive control can be so subtle that the victim of it does not realise, sometimes until many years down the line, that financial control or mental…14 May 2019HANSARDGrooming GangsMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, for securing this important debate. It is a shame that we have only an hour to talk about it, because we really could give an awful…14 May 2019HANSARDEmergency Services NetworkMy Lords, I am not sure that even the Labour Party would consult Ken Livingstone if it wanted any advice. The congestion charge was done under Ken Livingstone, and I am sure that…14 May 2019HANSARDEmergency Services NetworkWhat the noble Lord points out is correct. As I said to the noble Lord, currently a change notice is being prepared for signing to reset the situation. I think that Motorola…14 May 2019HANSARDVictims of Crime: Mobile Phone DataThe noble Lord takes us back some years—we spoke about it earlier—to when judges or lawyers might refer to the clothes that somebody was wearing almost as evidence that they had…08 May 2019HANSARDVictims of Crime: Mobile Phone DataThe noble Lord makes an important distinction between trawling social media and identifying evidence that could be used in a trial. As I said to the noble and learned Lord, Lord…08 May 2019HANSARDGender Pay GapsI thank the noble Lord very much for raising that. I do not disagree with him that BAME representation, not only in organisations but also on things such as FTSE 100 boards and…08 May 2019HANSARDGender Pay GapsThe noble Baroness is absolutely right to point out that accurate reporting is crucial to understanding what organisations are doing to reduce the gender pay gap and crucial to…08 May 2019