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HANSARDBurglaryThe police have made a commitment in England and Wales to attend the scene of every home burglary, so I am concerned by what the hon. Lady has said about her local force. The…13 Jan 2025HANSARDPolice Funding: CambridgeshireLet me begin by wishing everyone a very happy new year, especially you, Madam Deputy Speaker, as well as the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Ben Obese-Jecty), who secured this…06 Jan 2025HANSARDPolice Funding: CambridgeshireI will just finish this point, as it is perhaps pertinent, given who wishes to intervene. The £1 billion overall increase in the police settlement next year comes at a time when…06 Jan 2025HANSARDPolice Funding: CambridgeshireI am happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance. I will quickly address the issue of neighbourhood policing. I am sure that we can all agree that public confidence in policing is…06 Jan 2025HANSARDPolice Funding: CambridgeshireThe right hon. Gentleman is an experienced Member of the House, so he will know that this is the normal process. The provisional settlement is announced before Christmas, and then…06 Jan 2025HANSARDProvisional Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2025-26My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary (Yvette Cooper) has today published the Provisional Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2025-26. A copy of the provisional report will…17 Dec 2024HANSARDBiometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner: Annual ReportI am pleased to announce that my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary is today publishing the annual report of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner. The Biometrics…02 Dec 2024HANSARDEmergency Evacuation Consultation and PolicyI am today publishing the Government’s response to the emergency evacuation information sharing plus consultation, which provides further detail of our new residential personal…02 Dec 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourI will add my hon. Friend’s constituency to the list. Our purpose in piloting respect orders is to see what works and what the effect is, but we are confident that the ability to…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourThe hon. Gentleman has expressed very eloquently the role of mission-led government that this party is taking on. The mission on safer streets, which covers antisocial behaviour,…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourI say first to the right hon. Gentleman that changes were made to the antisocial behaviour legislation in 2014; in fact, it was weakened. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: we want to address issues such as street drinking and taking drugs. The whole idea of a respect order will be restrictive in the sense that an…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her comments and questions. First, the specific issue we want to address is giving the police the powers they need to deal with the antisocial…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourI will absolutely join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to the police and other partner agencies, such as councils and housing associations, for the work that they already do.…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourI welcome my hon. Friend to these exchanges. Her experience as a former Crown prosecutor is valuable and useful. She is right: it is usually a small group of people who engage in…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. It is rather odd that the picture painted by the Opposition is that all the powers are there so everything is fine and why do we…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourI welcome my hon. Friend; her experience as a former prison officer will be invaluable in this place, bringing that knowledge to share in our debates. She is absolutely right;…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourCan I just say to the hon. Gentleman that I have not dismissed anything? I am very conscious of and take seriously my responsibilities in the allocation of resources for policing.…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourYes, I absolutely agree. This is not just about the police; it has to involve councils, social housing providers and the other agencies that will tackle, together, the scourge of…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourAs I said in my remarks, housing associations and social housing providers will be able to apply for respect orders. I ought to say, as well, that the existing civil injunctions…27 Nov 2024