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HANSARDArrests and Prison CapacityFirst, prison places have not collapsed; I think there are more prison places now than in the recent past. I congratulate North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire police on that…22 May 2024HANSARDArrests and Prison CapacityThe Justice Secretary and the Prisons Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Charnwood (Edward Argar), who is also here, are building prison capacity rapidly. By the end of…22 May 2024HANSARD Licences and LicensingWell, we have to strike the right balance. These types of orders can be used only for events of exceptional significance, and we have chosen to draw the line at the semi-finals…22 May 2024HANSARD Licences and LicensingYes, for a while. I know that Barnsley Central is close to the top of our target list. I am ever the optimist. The shadow Minister asked one or two questions about the…22 May 2024HANSARD Licences and LicensingI thank the shadow Minister for his support. I am not sure that it was enthusiastic support—22 May 2024HANSARDArrests and Prison CapacityI am happy to confirm that the Criminal Justice Board, chaired by my right hon. and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor, meets very frequently. Indeed, I attended its most recent…22 May 2024HANSARDArrests and Prison CapacityI may have got worked up, because the allegations being made were, in my view, unfounded and unsupported by the facts. I was simply trying to put across the facts—both the numbers…22 May 2024HANSARDArrests and Prison CapacityAs a former Home Office Minister, my hon. Friend has a great deal of experience in this area. The police are operationally independent, but we liaise closely with them and the…22 May 2024HANSARD Knife Crime Awareness WeekIt is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Vaz. I thank and congratulate the hon. Member for Putney (Fleur Anderson) for securing this debate and the hon.…21 May 2024HANSARD Knife Crime Awareness WeekWandsworth might want to volunteer, and perhaps Tamworth also, and get those knives off our streets. Also when it comes to technology, the use of both retrospective and live…21 May 2024HANSARD Knife Crime Awareness WeekWe are always open to consulting with police forces around the country, including Police Scotland and, of course, the Police Service of Northern Ireland, to ensure that we are…21 May 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillI offer my abject and heartfelt apologies for overlooking my hon. Friend, who is sitting right behind me. She is Scotland’s only voice in Parliament today, and Scotland is all the…17 May 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillMy hon. Friend will have noticed that the second and final clause of the Bill states that the Act will come into force on the day on which it is passed, but of course it has to…17 May 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillI start by congratulating the hon. Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck) on bringing forward this private Member’s Bill, and for the charm and expertise with which she has…17 May 2024HANSARD Hajj FraudLet me start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken) and congratulating her on securing this afternoon’s Adjournment debate. I…17 May 2024HANSARDAlcohol Licensing ConsultationThe Government are today launching a consultation on measures that would make it easier for licensed premises to sell alcohol for consumption in an adjacent licensed pavement…16 May 2024HANSARD Crime: Birmingham, EdgbastonI congratulate the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Preet Kaur Gill) on securing this evening’s debate. Let me start by providing some national context before answering some…14 May 2024HANSARD Crime: Birmingham, EdgbastonYouth unemployment is of course a great deal lower today than it was under the last Labour Government. On resources and police numbers in the west midlands, as I mentioned, the…14 May 2024HANSARD Crime: Birmingham, EdgbastonI wonder how much longer I have, but the technology is being used across the whole country. This year, over 100,000—14 May 2024HANSARD Crime: Birmingham, EdgbastonI am tempted to use all 57 minutes, and I am sure the hon. Lady has interventions that would take up a fair chunk of that, but I will be a lot briefer, which I am sure will be…14 May 2024