Contributions
2,978 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Thank you, Rebecca. Those are all my questions.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q So do you, like Andy Cooke, support the inclusion of this measure in the Bill? Andy Marsh: I do.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. Let me ask Andy Marsh again, about the statutory ethical policing code contained in clause 73, which includes a statutory duty of candour, which was one of Bishop…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 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 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 Taking all that together, what would be your personal view on the question—speaking for yourself, not the Law Commission? Professor Lewis: I do not think that I would go further…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Thank you.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Good morning, Gavin. Let me start by putting on record my thanks to you, as chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, and to all your colleagues in policing for the work that…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Let me move on to one or two of the provisions. You mentioned a moment ago the provisions concerning nuisance rough sleeping, and you rightly said that partnership working would…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Would you accept that antisocial behaviour in general is something that the public and Parliament expect police to act on? Chief Constable Stephens: Absolutely, yes. My…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Thank you, Gavin. I have one more question. As you know, we have been debating retail crime a great deal. The retail crime action plan, which Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman, in…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Thank you.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q No? Okay. Thank you very much indeed. My next question is again for the CPS. In relation to the knife crime provisions, some of them are in this Bill and others are being taken…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q In relation to the firearms offence, do you find that in practice that has led to prosecutions with commensurately higher sentences? Gregor McGill: Yes.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q The creep-up in the standard is not a statutory issue, is it, because the statute is clear that it is the balance of probability? It is the way that it is being applied…12 Dec 2023HANSARD Violent Crime and Antisocial Behaviour: Carshalton and WallingtonI certainly join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to his constituents and their work on the knife bin—we need to have more of those around—and my hon. Friend the Member for Sutton…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Violent Crime and Antisocial Behaviour: Carshalton and WallingtonIt is a pleasure to respond to my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn). I congratulate him on securing this Adjournment debate, and on his…07 Dec 2023HANSARD Violence and Abuse towards the Retail WorkforceI thank the hon. Lady for her final intervention. The police funding formula, which is rather old now, accounts for the council tax base as well as population, crime levels and so…05 Dec 2023