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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think my hon. Friend has formulated an excellent plan. I notice that South Yorkshire next year is getting an extra £10.7 million in funding, and the idea he suggests sounds like…20 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Police and crime commissioners, particularly the one in the west midlands, should visit all parts of their patch. I was also rather concerned…20 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is raising a very important question. The case of Child Q is of course on our minds as we consider this. Some revisions are being made to the Police and Criminal…20 Mar 2023HANSARDKnife CrimeI know that my hon. Friend has been a tireless campaigner on this topic over many years following the appalling murder of his constituent. Yes, I will raise the issues that he…20 Mar 2023HANSARDKnife CrimeAs I set out to the hon. Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck), the Government have spent £340 million in the last three years directly to tackle knife crime, and, contrary…20 Mar 2023HANSARDPolice Funding FormulaForensic science is critically important, as the hon. Gentleman says. The Home Office is continually discussing forensic science provision with our colleagues in the policing…20 Mar 2023HANSARDPolice Funding FormulaThe intended consultation will cover topics such as the demand drivers of crime and how we should take account of the different costs of providing a police service in different…20 Mar 2023HANSARDPolice Funding FormulaI thank my hon. Friend for raising this important topic. The Government are committed to reviewing the police funding formula, in which there are some unfairnesses. The police…20 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Asylum Seekersindicated assent.20 Mar 2023HANSARDKnife CrimeTackling knife crime is a priority. That is why, since 2019, we have not only spent £340 million on diverting young people into alternative activity via the violence reduction…20 Mar 2023HANSARDKnife CrimeThat is a very fair question. We are already directing ringfenced money towards Greater Manchester and other areas via the Grip hotspot funding, which we are going to at least…20 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Asylum SeekersHe has been convicted—it is not sub judice.20 Mar 2023HANSARD Proscribed Psychedelic DrugsI think you are indicating that we are almost out of time, Mr Deputy Speaker, but I am sure my hon. Friend and I can speak briefly afterwards, and on that point, I will rest.…14 Mar 2023HANSARD Knife Crime: West MidlandsI thank my right hon. Friend for mentioning the name of her constituent James Brindley. Each death is mourned deeply, and we must do everything that we can to try to prevent them…14 Mar 2023HANSARD Knife Crime: West MidlandsMy hon. Friend raises a very important point. We have given police and crime commissioners resources. Next year, they will have, between them, over £500 million extra, and there…14 Mar 2023HANSARD Proscribed Psychedelic DrugsIn the short time that I have available, I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Reigate (Crispin Blunt) for securing the debate and for the thoughtful, knowledgeable and carefully…14 Mar 2023HANSARD Knife Crime: West MidlandsIt is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Caroline. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Stourbridge (Suzanne Webb) for securing this debate…14 Mar 2023HANSARDNon-crime Hate Incidents: Personal DataMy right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has today laid before Parliament the statutory Non-crime Hate Incidents Draft Code of Practice on the Recording and Retention of Personal…13 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillIn just a moment. As the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (Stuart C. McDonald) correctly said in an intervention, these so-called suspicionless stop and…07 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillYes, it would. My right hon. Friend pre-empts my next point, which I think an Opposition Member raised earlier. Where a protest has been authorised and licensed in advance by the…07 Mar 2023