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HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillYes, I can certainly request that on behalf of the right reverend Prelate.08 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for the parting shot. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Armstrong, and my noble friend Lady Helic for raising the issue of training…08 Mar 2021HANSARDStop and SearchI totally agree with my noble friend because good training and, as he said, diversity, with enforcers, should really improve the performance in this area. Training is crucial…03 Mar 2021HANSARDStop and SearchThe use of data is very important, and police collection of data is very important to interrogate why some of the trends that we see are happening. I would also say that, in many…03 Mar 2021HANSARDStop and SearchAs the noble Baroness is probably alluding to, we eased the restrictions on stop and search back in 2019, and stop and search went up by 53%, but it led to 74,000 arrests and…03 Mar 2021HANSARDUnited Kingdom Resettlement SchemeThe noble Lord will know that we have left the European Union—[ Interruption. ] I will get to that if noble Lords do not interject. Our commitment is to resettle people from…03 Mar 2021HANSARDUnited Kingdom Resettlement SchemeMy Lords, the UK Government are committed to resettling refugees to the UK and we continue to work closely with domestic and international partners to assess capacity for…03 Mar 2021HANSARDUnited Kingdom Resettlement SchemeAny delays in resettlement are in no way an attempt to frustrate resettlement—quite the contrary. My noble friend will have heard me say how many people we resettled between 2010…03 Mar 2021HANSARDUnited Kingdom Resettlement SchemeI am very glad that the noble Baroness recognises the extent of our efforts to resettle people who need our protection. She is right to point out that not many resettled last…03 Mar 2021HANSARDUnited Kingdom Resettlement SchemeI join my noble friend in paying tribute to those Arts Council organisations. Their efforts are very much appreciated. We have issued almost 30,000 family reunion visas in the…03 Mar 2021HANSARDUnited Kingdom Resettlement SchemeNaturally the pandemic has hindered our efforts. Everything has been delayed, including resettlement schemes. We have restarted the resettlement schemes because we have reached…03 Mar 2021HANSARDStop and SearchI think the noble Baroness takes one aspect of this—drug use—and conflates it with what is actually a much more complex issue. Possession of drugs, knives and offensive weapons…03 Mar 2021HANSARDUnited Kingdom Resettlement SchemeI totally agree with my noble friend. Just because someone is a refugee, it does not mean they cannot contribute to society and the economy. Many of them can and are highly…03 Mar 2021HANSARDUnited Kingdom Resettlement SchemeI am most grateful to the right reverend Prelate for the meeting I had with him and Reset. We talked about funding and the importance of the security of funding. We will continue…03 Mar 2021HANSARDStop and SearchI agree that we must police by consent. I also agree that someone should never be stopped on the basis of their race, and that the use of stop and search must be both reasonable…03 Mar 2021HANSARDUnited Kingdom Resettlement SchemeThe noble Earl is right to point out that we are dependent on local authority places and accommodation to bring forward resettlement. We are very grateful to local authorities,…03 Mar 2021HANSARDStop and SearchMy Lords, I trust the police to use their powers in a fair way to tackle serious violence and protect communities. It is right that these powers are used to stand firm against…03 Mar 2021HANSARDStop and SearchI totally concur with the noble Lord that, sometimes, what you see in a snapshot is not actually indicative of what happened in the round. Obviously, the police are operationally…03 Mar 2021HANSARDStop and SearchMy Lords, the Government support the police in the fair and legitimate use of stop and search and, where necessary, reasonable force to tackle criminality and violent crime. We…03 Mar 2021HANSARDAuthority to Carry Scheme and Civil Penalties Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank noble Lords who took part in the debate. As with the previous debate, some of the contributions had nothing to do with the SI, but that has never stopped noble…02 Mar 2021