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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI join my hon. Friend in thanking Sergeant Richard Neeves for the work he did in encouraging and helping my hon. Friend to participate in the parliamentary police and fire service…14 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere is no need for smoke and mirrors when the police budget this year is £1.1 billion higher than last year, and there is no need for smoke and mirrors when on completion of the…14 Nov 2022HANSARDKnife Crime and Serious ViolenceI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question and I have a lot of sympathy for the point he is making. In the two or three weeks since I have been in this position, I have met…14 Nov 2022HANSARDNeighbourhood Crimes: Effectiveness of Police Community Support OfficersI can confirm that neighbourhood crime is about 20% lower than in 2019, as I said a moment ago. I can confirm that after the 20,000 officers have been recruited in April next…14 Nov 2022HANSARDNeighbourhood Crimes: Effectiveness of Police Community Support OfficersThe Metropolitan police already have more uniformed officers than at any point in their history, and in the current financial year they have had a funding increase of £170 million…14 Nov 2022HANSARDNeighbourhood Crimes: Effectiveness of Police Community Support OfficersSuch operational matters are for the police, but I share the hon. Gentleman’s concern about the level of abstraction owing to the unjustified Just Stop Oil protests. In October…14 Nov 2022HANSARDNeighbourhood Crimes: Effectiveness of Police Community Support OfficersMy right hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. I certainly join her in calling on victims to report these very serious and damaging offences as quickly as possible. The…14 Nov 2022HANSARDKnife Crime and Serious ViolenceI completely agree with my hon. Friend; the Knife Angel and other organisations do fantastic work, and I strongly commend them. It is exactly that kind of initiative that some of…14 Nov 2022HANSARDKnife Crime and Serious ViolenceThe Government have taken a dual approach to tackling serious violence, combining tough enforcement with programmes steering people away from crime. Since 2019, we have invested…14 Nov 2022HANSARDKnife Crime and Serious ViolenceI agree with my hon. Friend that a robust police response is essential, as is the courts making robust use of the two-strikes rule requiring a mandatory prison sentence on a…14 Nov 2022HANSARDIngredients Scheduled under Drug Legislation: ReviewThe drug to which the hon. Lady refers is an MDMA-based medicine. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is currently considering the barriers to legitimate research that are…14 Nov 2022HANSARDNeighbourhood Crimes: Effectiveness of Police Community Support OfficersThe Government are determined to reduce neighbourhood crime, and I am pleased to report that, since 2019, neighbourhood crime has reduced by about 20%. It is up to chief…14 Nov 2022HANSARDIngredients Scheduled under Drug Legislation: ReviewDrug control seeks to strike a balance between preventing criminality on the one hand and allowing access for legitimate use, such as medicines development, on the other. The…14 Nov 2022HANSARDKnife Crime and Serious ViolenceI certainly agree with the hon. Gentleman that the kind of crime he describes is despicable and that those who commit it should be pursued, prosecuted and imprisoned. I met the…14 Nov 2022HANSARDKnife Crime and Serious ViolenceI also met the chief constable, Mark Webster, just a week ago. The hon. Gentleman mentions resources, and of course Cleveland this year is receiving an extra £7.8 million compared…14 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsCouncil budgets are obviously a matter for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and they will be set out in the local government funding settlement in a few…14 Nov 2022HANSARDNeighbourhood Crimes: Effectiveness of Police Community Support OfficersAs the hon. Lady knows, the total funding going into policing this year is £16.9 billion, which is a £1.1 billion increase on last year. I have said it once or twice before, but I…14 Nov 2022HANSARDGovernment Response to House of Lords Liaison Committee Report on Licensing Act 2003 Post-Legislative Scrutiny: Follow Up ReportThe Government recognise that the majority of people drink at lower-risk levels and enjoy alcohol as part of socialising both at home and out and about. However, we also recognise…08 Nov 2022HANSARD Police Service: HMI ReportThere is already a process of periodic re-vetting of serving police officers. One of the 43 recommendations in the report published yesterday is to do that re-vetting more…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Police Service: HMI ReportI thank the hon. Member for his question, and I agree with his comments at the beginning. We should keep in mind in this debate, both in the House and publicly, that the vast…03 Nov 2022