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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 58 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 58C, 58D and 58E in lieu.31 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, it is intended to be helpful. Going back to something the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, said at Second Reading, which seems like an age ago now, we must provide clarity to…31 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I thought I would start by talking about time on debates. This House does spend time on debate. We have gone on…31 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI beg to move. Motion D1 (as an amendment to Motion D)31 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will also speak to Motions B and D. Amendments 58C to 58E respond to the tenacious and clever campaign by the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, to…31 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 73, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 73A; do not insist on its disagreement with the Commons in their Amendment…31 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI beg to move. Motion C1 (as an amendment to Motion C)31 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 72B and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 72C and 72D in lieu.31 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 80, do not insist on its disagreement with the Commons in their Amendments 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E and 80F to the words restored to…31 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: BudgetMy noble friend is absolutely right: local circumstances will dictate different needs in different places. He is absolutely correct to say that cyber and other types of…28 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: BudgetMy Lords, the noble Lord raises an important point about how many officers have taken up their posts. The total number of officers recruited is nearly 140,000, which is an…28 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: BudgetFirst, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Bach, whom I saw first-hand doing an excellent job as a PCC for Leicestershire. Secondly, how PCCs allocate their funding and their…28 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: BudgetMy Lords, his membership of the Conservative Party is clearly a matter for the Conservative Party. Whether he should continue as PCC, as I said earlier to the noble Lord, Lord…28 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: BudgetMy Lords, through the police uplift programme, police forces in England and Wales have recruited over 11,000 additional officers. Police and crime commissioners can also fund the…28 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: BudgetClearly, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service has given notice of the end of her tenure. It appeared to be quite short notice, although she has yet to depart. I…28 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: BudgetMy Lords, the Government have been absolutely clear on the police uplift programme: we expect that funding to go towards the 20,000 police officers. That is not in any doubt. What…28 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: BudgetI return to the point made by my noble friend: it is down to local elected PCCs to decide. Also, cyber is not just about fraud; it can be about all sorts of things, such as…28 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: BudgetMy Lords, I think all PCCs got the memo. The funding and the precept capability are there for police to not just get the numbers through the police uplift programme but to add to…28 Mar 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: BudgetMy Lords, the numbers will not be cut; they are going up quite significantly—I think they went up 9% in the last year. On the point about diversity, the noble Lord is absolutely…28 Mar 2022HANSARDDaniel Morgan Independent Panel ReportI was responding to the response to the findings of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel report. I understand that the Home Secretary will be returning to the House to update on…24 Mar 2022