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HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q And are you confident that, with the right guidance and inspection regime, it can be implemented in a reasonable and proportionate way? Andy Marsh: I am.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q Excellent. My final question relates to clause 74, which is concerned with the appeal mechanism after a misconduct hearing. At the moment, if an officer is dismissed by the…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Good. Thank you.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q Penney, welcome to the Committee. Thank you for joining us this afternoon. Sorry if you got stuck in security downstairs. Can I start by asking about the proceeds of crime…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q Were there any in particular you would like to draw the Committee’s attention to? Professor Lewis: One of the things we thought was most important, in addition to trying to make…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q While you are looking, Graeme Biggar raised a question in his evidence earlier today. I may have misunderstood his point, so perhaps you can clarify. He raised the concern that…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q That is very helpful, thank you. I have one further question on a different topic. We have discussed at different times today whether there is any merit in creating a separate…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q So you do not have a corporate view, or a personal view, on whether creating extra, specific and bespoke assault offences is merited. Professor Lewis: We do not have a corporate…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q It does everything it needs to. This is your last chance to request changes. Are you content? Graeme Biggar: Yes, we are happy. You did not direct the question to me on SCPOs,…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Graeme, thank you for all the work that you and your colleagues at the NCA do—and thank you also to the CPS for the work that you do prosecuting cases. Graeme, you mentioned in…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you. There is a power in clause 21 to allow police and law enforcement, including the NCA, to access driving licence records to do a facial recognition search, which,…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Great. Can I just turn to the CPS? You probably heard us a moment ago asking Gavin Stephens about whether there is any merit in considering a separate stand-alone offence for…12 Dec 2023HANSARDFire Reform White Paper and Consultation: Government’s Official ResponseI am pleased to announce to the House that the Government are today publishing our official response to the fire reform White Paper and consultation. Last year we published our…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Yes—so the CPS would not be in favour of creating a stand-alone offence. Baljit Ubhey: I do not think it is necessary.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q Welcome Andy Marsh and Andy Cooke. Let me take the opportunity to say thank you for all the work you and your teams do supporting policing across England and Wales. It is very…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q In relation to recovering stolen goods, members of the public often express surprise and frustration that when, for example, an iPhone is stolen and they can see where it is,…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q Great, thank you. May I ask Andy Cooke and Andy Marsh each in turn a question which has arisen a few times, both in this Committee’s proceedings today but also over the last…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q Before Andy Marsh answers the same question, you referred to the recently published retail crime action plan, which Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman authored in close…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q It is not a proposal; it is from the Government—it is an idea that has been floated from time to time. Moving on to a proposal contained in clause 21, which relates to giving…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q I completely agree, as you know. Without the zero-tolerance approach, there is a risk of escalation. Andy Marsh, may I put the same question to you about the utility or not of a…12 Dec 2023