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HANSARDKnife Crime: Children and Young PeopleI am grateful to my hon. Friend for telling the House about the excellent work in her constituency, in particular the role of the PCSOs. Time is short and a lot of questions were…20 Mar 2025HANSARDKnife Crime: Children and Young PeopleLet me start by thanking the hon. and gallant Member for Huntingdon (Ben Obese-Jecty) for securing this debate on an issue that matters enormously to us all. As ever, his opening…20 Mar 2025HANSARDUse of Stop and SearchIt is a pleasure to serve under you this morning, Sir Jeremy. I thank the hon. Member for Meriden and Solihull East (Saqib Bhatti) for securing this important debate, and for an…12 Mar 2025HANSARDUse of Stop and SearchOf course we want to see all parts of policing properly staffed and funded. That is why there is more than £1 billion going into the policing settlement for the coming year, over…12 Mar 2025HANSARD Anti-social Behaviour: East of EnglandYes, I am sure he is doing his best. I would say to him that, over 14 years, the previous Conservative Government removed targets in the Home Office and removed the accountability…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Anti-social Behaviour: East of EnglandI think that the shadow Minister—obviously he is not the shadow Policing Minister—11 Mar 2025HANSARD Anti-social Behaviour: East of EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Twigg. I welcome the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle (Dr Mullan), and am very interested to hear of his…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Anti-social Behaviour: East of EnglandMy hon. Friend raises a really interesting point. On the specifics of that example, we were very clear when the provisional police settlement was announced before Christmas that…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Anti-social Behaviour: East of EnglandThe black hole that the previous Government left this Government to clear up is actually £22 billion. As a Minister who has been in post for nine months, I am very conscious that…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Anti-social Behaviour: East of EnglandI am very focused on delivery. Of course we want partner agencies to all be sitting around the table, but we want them to deliver, and that is why, for example, we are putting…11 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillIt is an honour and privilege to wind up the debate on what is, as the Home Secretary set out in her opening speech, a critically important Bill. It is critically important for…10 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing Billindicated dissent .10 Mar 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI would really like to get on actually. The shadow Home Secretary had quite a lot of time at the beginning of the debate, and I would like to respond to the Back Benchers who have…10 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Tipton and Wednesbury (Antonia Bance) on securing this debate and on her…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesAbsolutely. Bringing together all the key partners is vital if we are to tackle this—I will say something about that in a moment. The main focus of the debate has been the…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour and Illegal BikesAbsolutely. I will come to that in just a moment. It is really important to recognise the role that the police have to play in this. It is reassuring to hear in this debate about…05 Mar 2025HANSARDAlcohol in Licensed Pavement Areas: Consultation ResultsThe Business and Planning Act 2020 introduced a number of measures to allow businesses to continue to operate during the covid-19 pandemic. This included a temporary easement to…27 Feb 2025HANSARDRural CrimeIt is a pleasure to serve under you this afternoon, Ms McVey. I congratulate the hon. Member for North Cornwall (Ben Maguire) on securing this debate, as well as on his private…27 Feb 2025HANSARDDrug Dealing: Rural CommunitiesThrough the county lines programme, we continue to target exploitative drug dealing gangs wherever they operate, including in rural areas, as part of our efforts to dismantle the…24 Feb 2025HANSARDDrug Dealing: Rural CommunitiesThe hon. Lady makes an important point. Specific resources are available to police forces to be surged into tackling county lines. I know the police force in Dorset, in her area,…24 Feb 2025