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HANSARDPolice Funding: GloucestershireThe 2025-26 final police funding settlement provides funding of up to £19.6 billion for the policing system in England and Wales, which is an increase of £1.1 billion when…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPolice Funding: GloucestershireMore money is going into policing, particularly around the neighbourhood policing guarantee that this Government promised in their manifesto. We are providing £200 million to…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPolice Funding: GloucestershireI am very pleased that Essex has got that increase in funding. I gently point out that the decisions around how those resources are used are for the police and crime commissioner…24 Feb 2025HANSARDRetail CrimeIn the last year of the previous Government, shop theft reached a record high, and violence and abuse towards retail workers increased to an unacceptable level. This Government…24 Feb 2025HANSARDRetail CrimeIt is appalling to hear about cases such as the ones in my hon. Friend’s constituency. I am very struck—like everyone else across the House, I think—by how commonplace violence…24 Feb 2025HANSARDRetail CrimeMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Our commitment to neighbourhood policing and putting the police officers, police community support officers and special constables back…24 Feb 2025HANSARDRetail CrimeI do not want to get into trouble; I would like to congratulate Mr and Mrs Fitzpatrick on the work they have done—we know how important that early preventive work is. That is why…24 Feb 2025HANSARDRetail CrimeThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I visited North Yorkshire last week, and one of the issues there is how well the police are working with communities and the retail…24 Feb 2025HANSARDRural CrimeThe Government are committed to tackling rural crime. We recognise the devastating consequences it can have on communities and the agricultural sector. Under our reforms, rural…24 Feb 2025HANSARDRural CrimeYes, and my hon. Friend raises an important point about those small parts of larger rural communities and how they can feel that our neighbourhood policing guarantee will provide…24 Feb 2025HANSARDRural CrimeThe hon. Gentleman is right: I am going to say that the funding formula was introduced by the previous Government—I think in 2011. They had two goes at trying to update it, and…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPhone TheftThe Government are determined to act to ensure that people feel safe on our streets. On 6 February the Home Secretary brought together law enforcement agencies and representatives…24 Feb 2025HANSARDPhone TheftWhile there is a concentration of phone thefts in the Metropolitan police area in particular, it is important to note that they are happening around the country, and it is being…24 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very sorry to hear about the incident to which my hon. Friend refers. She will know that we have a commitment to halve knife crime over the next decade. We have already…24 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe abuse of animals using weapons of any type is an incredibly serious matter, and there are such provisions in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, the Wild Mammals…24 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI visited Bedfordshire police before Christmas, and I agree that it is an excellent force. Decisions around funding will be made in due course.24 Feb 2025HANSARDUEFA Women’s European Championship: Alcohol LicensingI am pleased to launch a consultation on extending licensing hours in England and Wales for the semi-finals and final of the 2025 UEFA women’s European championship this summer,…24 Feb 2025HANSARDFirearms Licensing Consultation: Government ResponseThe Government are today publishing their response to the public consultation that was run by the previous Government on firearms licensing controls. The consultation ran between…13 Feb 2025HANSARD Knife Crime in LondonIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Efford. I thank the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Luke Taylor) for securing this very important debate. I…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Knife Crime in LondonIt is fair to say that we are looking constantly at what more we can do. Although I cannot give a timetable, perhaps I can reassure my hon. Friend by saying that the issue is…12 Feb 2025