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HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)What is certain is that under the new clause, as drafted, a criminal offence of cuckooing could be committed even where there is no coercion and consent is freely given. I will be…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)The antisocial behaviour plan, published in the spring of last year, committed to engaging with stakeholders on that question. That engagement has happened and continues to…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Latham, as we commence our final day of line-by-line consideration of…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Other public-facing workers sadly suffer from assault—bus drivers being an obvious example. I will come on to the legislation we introduced. The hon. Member for Stockton North and…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)First, I put on the record my thanks to Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman of North Wales police, who leads for the NPCC in this area and was instrumental in publishing the retail…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)That is not quite what I was saying. I am going to point out a number of potential weaknesses in the new clause. That is one of them, but it is not the only one. I am just saying…30 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I would point primarily to the criminal offences I enumerated, but, on the question of civil orders, other agencies such as local authorities, or in some cases the police, could…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Road Traffic Deaths: Police InvestigationsI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (Mark Pawsey) on securing this Adjournment debate. Every road traffic death is a tragedy, and I strongly echo what he said about…29 Jan 2024HANSARDImproving Police Standards and CultureLast year, on 1 March, I issued a written ministerial statement (HCWS590) setting out actions being undertaken by the Home Office and partners to improve police standards and…25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am extremely grateful to the hon. Lady for drawing my attention to amendment 134, which I had momentarily overlooked. It is a fair point to raise. For the Committee’s benefit,…25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I will in just a moment. There are considerable practical obstacles to getting hold of that information. Of course, if the matter that is put before the family court in the…25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I think the shadow Minister was up first, and then I will give way to the hon. Lady.25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I did make that point in our exchange, and the hon. Gentleman did not press me on it. He did not contradict my legal analysis. There are some ECHR article 8 concerns about…25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I would be interested to hear, including via an intervention in response to this, how we would craft that—what legislative measure we could pass that would essentially open up…25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I think that the 2020 regulations refer to this, so if the change were to be made, it could and probably should be made via the regulations, rather than the Bill, so that it was…25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Thirteenth sitting)“Openness and candour”.25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fourteenth sitting)It is a pleasure once again to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert. I rise to reply to the thoughtful speeches given before lunch by the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for…25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Thirteenth sitting)We both have confidence in the College and Chief Constable Andy Marsh—in fact, now is a good time to thank him for the work that he and his colleagues at the College have done. On…25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Broadly speaking, yes. That will be set out in regulations, but the principles that we are debating are broadly speaking matters of consensus, as he will have seen from the…25 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her personal exoneration on this occasion; I will take that while I can. However, it may be that an MOJ colleague will respond. Obviously, the…25 Jan 2024