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HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q The majority of shop theft cases are heard in the magistrates court. Is it your understanding that they will continue to be heard in the magistrates court? Graham Wynn : I…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q May I ask about police accountability? The Bill also proposes changes to the Independent Office for Police Conduct’s referral threshold, and that may well result in fewer cases…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you. Can I pick you up on the child criminal exploitation offence set out in the Bill? You said that you might have liked to see more. Could you expand on that? Sir Robert…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (First sitting)Q It is very nice to see you again, Sir Robert. I will start by asking what you welcome in the Bill. Sir Robert Buckland: There is a lot to welcome in every crime Bill,…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q More generally on antisocial behaviour and some of the provisions in the Bill, do you support what respect orders could help to deliver in tackling antisocial behaviour in our…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (First sitting)Thank you. You have given us lots of food for thought.27 Mar 2025HANSARDNinja Swords Ban: Statutory InstrumentThe Government are today laying before Parliament a statutory instrument to ban ninja swords. Under the Criminal Justice Act (Offensive Weapons Order) 1988, ninja swords will be…27 Mar 2025HANSARDConsultation on Prohibiting Ninja SwordsThe Government are today publishing their response to the public consultation, “Prohibiting ninja swords: legal description and defences”. The consultation ran between 13 November…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)That is why we are very specific in what the clause says. It is not a blanket ban on hiding your face if you feel that you have to; it applies only if a senior police officer…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q But do you accept that we are a rules-based country with the rule of law and that there are checks and balances on the police? Venita Yeung: Yes.27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you very much for giving evidence today. I want to follow up on the questions about allowing police to go in without a warrant to recover digital devices with tracking…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q The Bill also provides that the IOPC can send cases to the CPS before the IOPC has concluded all its work. Do you have any views about that? Emily Spurrell: I personally welcome…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to ask about antisocial behaviour, and particularly about the role that PCCs will take up under the Bill in the reviews that victims of antisocial behaviour can seek. As…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q I listened very carefully and am very concerned by what you have said, but I want to highlight that the provisions in the Bill, specifically clauses 86 to 88, do not apply to…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (First sitting)Q May I ask Tiff Lynch about the proposed changes to the Independent Office for Police Conduct’s referral threshold? The view is that it will probably result in fewer referrals to…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Second sitting)Q Baroness Newlove, thank you for your report, issued at the end of last year, “Still living a nightmare”. In it, you particularly talked about people who were suffering from ASB,…27 Mar 2025HANSARDZombie-style Knives: Surrender and Compensation SchemeThe Government have implemented the ban on zombie-style knives and zombie-style machetes approved by Parliament last year. The ban came into force on 24 September 2024. It follows…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (First sitting)So your view is that it will speed up proceedings. Tiff Lynch: One would hope so.27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (First sitting)Good morning, Dr Allin-Khan. I am minded that we have a busy day ahead of us, so I will move the preliminary motions formally. Ordered, That— 1. the Committee shall (in addition…27 Mar 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (First sitting)Does any other panel member want to comment? Dan Murphy: I think we need to make sure that we have the right training and guidance. Because of the power that we have, we should…27 Mar 2025