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HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024If the hon. Gentleman would like to defend Sadiq Khan’s appalling record, please have a go.06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024The shadow Minister is shaking his head. I suspect there would be a lot of local opposition to doing that. It is impossible to have the combined Mayor of the east midlands…06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions)…06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I know that he is a steadfast champion for his constituents, always speaks his mind and says what he thinks is right for his…06 Mar 2024HANSARDDraft South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024Three-thousand responses out of 1.4 million is 0.2%. I do not think it is possible to say that that is a representative sample; but even if it was, a consultation is not a…06 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI share my hon. Friend’s view. As the former Attorney General my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Northampton North (Sir Michael Ellis) pointed out a few minutes ago,…26 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024Yes, absolutely. We take into account the quality and weight of the arguments, rather than just the number. A number of copy-and-paste responses appear to have been organised, and…26 Feb 2024HANSARDLocal PolicingYes, that is important. We make it clear in this House that Members of Parliament, elected councillors or anyone engaging in political activity, including attending political…26 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024There were more negative responses than just the copy-and-paste ones. I would like to make it clear for the record that the Government carefully considered all the responses,…26 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024For the record, I did not quite say that. I did not talk about disregarding all the negative responses; I referred specifically to the copy-and-paste ones. However, I would like…26 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024I am glad that the hon. Gentleman has found the debate energising and engaging—we aim to keep him entertained. He mentioned South Yorkshire, and I should have said that it is the…26 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife CrimeYes, of course. It sounds as though the hon. Gentleman’s constituent is campaigning bravely, as so many parents do, to try to bring some good out of a terrible personal tragedy,…26 Feb 2024HANSARDPolice Bail Curfew ConditionsMy hon. Friend raises a very important point, informed by a tragic case in his own constituency. He is right that, as it stands, the legislation does not allow for tagging of…26 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024We have discussed it extensively already. We very carefully considered all the responses, and only after considering them very carefully was a decision reached. In terms of local…26 Feb 2024HANSARDLocal PolicingWith great respect, that is complete nonsense. The Government published an antisocial behaviour action plan just last year. From April of this year, in just a couple of months’…26 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024I give way to my hon. Friend.26 Feb 2024HANSARDPolicing Homelessness and Rough SleepingThe powers in the pieces of legislation my hon. Friend lists are not precisely the same as those in the Criminal Justice Bill. The Bill does not criminalise rough sleeping in…26 Feb 2024HANSARDPolice Bail Curfew ConditionsDecisions on bail conditions are set, enforced and monitored locally, but it is very important that where police bail conditions are set down, they are adhered to, in order to…26 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024I have already answered the right hon. Lady’s first question: the Government are very clear that there is a lawful basis on which to bring forward this order in statute. We will…26 Feb 2024HANSARDDraft West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024Yes, of course.26 Feb 2024