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HANSARD Police Service: HMI ReportI thank my constituency neighbour, the hon. Member for Croydon Central (Sarah Jones), the shadow Minister, for her question on this extremely important topic. The report published…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Police Service: HMI ReportI thank the Father of the House for his question. I do agree that the vast majority of police officers, who are hard-working, brave and decent people, will share this House’s…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Police Service: HMI ReportI thank the right hon. Lady for her question. I strongly welcome the work that her Committee is doing in this area; it is very good that she is doing that. The issue that she…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Police Service: HMI ReportMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. This Government and, I am sure, all Members on both sides of the House, stand with and behind the vast majority of police officers, who…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Police Service: HMI ReportI thank the hon. Lady for her initial remarks and for her questions. The Government have taken action. Indeed, the report we are debating was commissioned by the former Home…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Police Service: HMI ReportMy right hon. Friend is absolutely correct. The vast majority of police officers are decent, hard-working and brave people who put themselves at risk to keep us safe, and they…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Police Service: HMI ReportI thank the hon. Lady for her question and for her service as a police officer in Scotland. She is right to point out that this is not just about vetting on entry; it is also…03 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 agree that the vast majority of police are hard-working, decent and brave. I have not heard any Member attempting to exploit the report today, and I am sure that no Member of…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Police Service: HMI ReportOf course I agree that leadership is important, including setting clear standards and, for example, ensuring that those statutory guidelines were put in place in 2017. Leadership…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Police Service: HMI ReportI share the hon. Lady’s horror at the case she describes, which was heard in her local area. It is a truly shocking case. On the question of transfers, one reason for the police…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Police Service: HMI ReportOf the extra 20,000 officers, just over 15,000 were in post by 30 September this year. The information I have been provided with in the last week—my first week in this post—is…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Police Service: HMI ReportThe report made it clear that there have been problems with vetting—that is one of its key and troubling findings. There is a programme of automatic re-vetting of officers on a…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 2022HANSARDDraft Football Spectators (Relevant Offences) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Football Spectators (Relevant Offences) Regulations 2022. It is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairmanship,…03 Nov 2022HANSARDAlcohol Licensing (Coronavirus) (Regulatory Easements) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the Alcohol Licensing (Coronavirus) (Regulatory Easements) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI. 2022, No. 978). It is a pleasure to…02 Nov 2022HANSARD Drug Reclassification: Monkey DustWe will look at police funding in the relatively near future. Next year’s settlement will be published in draft form for consultation in December and then finalised, typically, in…01 Nov 2022HANSARD Drug Reclassification: Monkey DustI completely agree about the importance of visible, active town-centre policing. In fact, I have seen it in my own town centre in Croydon. I met our borough commander, or basic…01 Nov 2022HANSARD Drug Reclassification: Monkey DustI thank my hon. Friend for his comments. There are three steps in the process. First, we need internal Home Office advice on whether we should submit this to the ACMD, which I…01 Nov 2022HANSARD Drug Reclassification: Monkey DustIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Maria. I begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton) on securing this…01 Nov 2022