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HANSARD Crime and Policing BillAt no point did I say that I was against minimum levels of neighbourhood policing. I merely pointed out that the Liberal Democrats’ new clause is simply not good enough in…18 Jun 2025HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsOn Friday, my private Member’s Bill is due for Second Reading. It calls for the Government to publish a strategy to tackle interpersonal abuse and violence against men and boys.…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillMy right hon. Friend and I had a discussion about this earlier. On the subject of illegal e-bikes, does he agree that we need to clamp down on the illegal conversion kits that are…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI wish to speak about new clauses 84 to 86 and return once again to policing and police funding. In new clause 86 on neighbourhood policing, the Liberal Democrats seek to address…18 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND FundingIt was strongly suggested the other day that the Government were going to look at changing EHCPs and possibly even scrapping them completely. Can the Minister give some…12 Jun 2025HANSARDSEND FundingI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and Holderness (Graham Stuart) for securing this important debate, and for his work on this issue. According to the latest…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChinese Embassy Development“China is likely to continue seeking advantage through espionage and cyber-attacks, and through securing cutting-edge Intellectual Property through legitimate and illegitimate…09 Jun 2025HANSARDPolice Presence on High StreetsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Furniss. I have never seen so many police officers in Huntingdon high street as were on patrol the afternoon that the Prime…05 Jun 2025HANSARDPolice Presence on High StreetsAs a Bedfordshire MP, does the hon. Lady agree that the south-east allowance that both Bedfordshire police and Hertfordshire police receive should be extended to Cambridgeshire…05 Jun 2025HANSARDPolice Presence on High StreetsThey did as much work on it as the hon. Gentleman’s Government have. That reduction in police strength comes before we consider the fact that the numbers that the Home Secretary…05 Jun 2025HANSARDPolice Presence on High StreetsBut, I agree, not enough, and the police allocation formula would do well to look at policing as a whole so that every constituency gets its fair share of police funding. As we…05 Jun 2025HANSARDPolice Presence on High StreetsI absolutely welcome that additional funding, but the point that I would most like to make— I have made it previously—is that the police allocation formula, which determines how…05 Jun 2025HANSARDPolice Presence on High StreetsI believe that it is remunerated budgetarily in order to cover that.05 Jun 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewWith reference to recommendation 46, the US’s 2025 marine aviation plan, published earlier this year, outlined that the US Marine Corps—by far the biggest user of the F-35B—has…02 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Nuclear DeterrentWe are not due to hit 2.5% of GDP for two years, and 3% is by no means guaranteed. With the continuous at sea deterrent ringfenced, spending on conventional forces is well under…02 Jun 2025HANSARDViolence against Shop Workers: Rural AreasI recently visited the Huntingdon branch of Barclays bank in my rural constituency, where staff highlighted to me that although the Crime and Policing Bill will make assaulting a…02 Jun 2025HANSARD School Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsSchools in my constituency tell me they are struggling. Serious pressure is being put on their staffing budgets by the national insurance contributions increase, and that is…22 May 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military BaseI hope the Defence Secretary is fully across the detail here. Annex 1, paragraph 3, sub-paragraph c states: “Mauritius and the United Kingdom shall jointly decide upon the…22 May 2025HANSARD ImmigrationWill the hon. Member give way?21 May 2025HANSARD ImmigrationWill the Minister give way?21 May 2025