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HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseI thank my hon. Friend for his question, and agree with his point about the policing failures at the time. It is right that the police comprehensively apologised yesterday for the…01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseYes, I can do that. I thank my hon. Friend for his question, particularly in the light of how he has been personally affected by the tragedy. I can give him that assurance. Some…01 Feb 2023HANSARDEquipment Theft (Prevention) BillThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point. The murmurs of assent that rippled around the Committee Room as he spoke indicate that Members on both sides of the Committee agree, and so…01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseI am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. I know this is a subject with profound personal resonance for him. I pay tribute to him and many others for the…01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseAs I mentioned, for approximately four years following the publication of the report there were ongoing criminal legal proceedings which nobody wanted to prejudice, but, as I have…01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseAs I said earlier, several things have been done in the last few years to address the issues that have been raised—not comprehensively and not everything—but they include the…01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question and for the sentiments he expressed, which I completely understand. In relation to a full debate, scheduling business in the House is…01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseMy hon. Friend makes a powerful point. I agree with the points he has made. I can confirm that the engagement he rightly requests will happen.01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseClosure for victims’ families through openness is critical. The bishop’s report was an important part of that, as were the various inquiries that happened in the aftermath; we…01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseThat is an important issue. It was one of the points that the bishop raised in his report, which we will respond to. We have already taken action in this area already by removing…01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseA lot has been done already to address many of the issues that the bishop raised in his report. I have gone through them previously, but they include, critically: those…01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseFirst, I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. Like so many in the Chamber today and across the country, he was personally affected—indeed, he was actually present. I…01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseI would be very happy to convey the hon. Lady’s request to my Ministry of Justice colleagues.01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseA duty of co-operation on police in relation to inquiries was set out in the professional standards for policing in 2020. We will respond to the wider duty of candour, to which…01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseI have already explained several things that the Government have done in the past few years to address the issues that the bishop’s inquiry raised—[Hon. Members: “Answer the…01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseAs I have said, we are working quickly on the comprehensive response. The hon. Lady says that nothing has happened since 2018, but with great respect I do not think that is…01 Feb 2023HANSARDHillsborough Families Report: National Police ResponseI am afraid that I do not have visibility of the Home Secretary’s diary, so I cannot give a direct answer, but I can certainly ask the Home Secretary to write to the Chair of the…01 Feb 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingI do not recognise that calculation around neighbourhood numbers. What I do recognise is the police statistics published last week, which show that we are on the cusp of setting a…31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingOf course I will. My right hon. Friend, as always, speaks with great authority and wisdom. I can tell the House that we will shortly be consulting on a new police funding formula.…31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingYes, they did—I was extremely surprised. Perhaps she can explain to the House why Labour voted against keeping rapists in prison for longer.31 Jan 2023