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HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is always a pleasure to answer the hon. Gentleman. That work will be ongoing. We want to recruit from the widest possible groups in our communities, and to encourage young…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be delighted to.21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government have no plans to scrap the role of police and crime commissioner. We think it is a valuable role that can enable the missions that this Government have set out to…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice Funding: HaveringThe Government are of course committed to ensuring that the police have the resources that they need to tackle crime effectively. As I am sure the hon. Gentleman knows, funding…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPolicing of ProtestsWe are all clear that Hezbollah are a proscribed organisation. The police take great care when they police protests; there is a great deal of briefing for officers beforehand.…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPolicing of ProtestsThe figures that the hon. Lady sets out are shocking. This Government are clear that there is no place in our society for antisemitism or Islamophobia. There are already meetings…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAgain, there is the neighbourhood policing guarantee and, importantly for my hon. Friend, there will be a named police officer in the community so people know who to go to when…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs has been said a number of times this afternoon, the neighbourhood policing guarantee means 13,000 police officers, PCSOs and specials back on our streets to keep us all safe,…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPolicing of ProtestsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that important issue. As she knows, there will be post-legislative scrutiny of the legislation passed by the previous Government. As…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPolicing of ProtestsLike my hon. Friend, the Government value the role of peaceful protest as part of our proud democratic tradition. The Government regularly review the adequacy of existing…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice Funding: HaveringI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point. Those conversations are ongoing; later this month, conversations will take place on what more can be done to ensure…21 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice Funding: HaveringThe hon. Gentleman is a very experienced Member of this House. He has supported 14 years of Conservative government that have left us coming into government with a criminal…21 Oct 2024HANSARDDraft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024. It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr…15 Oct 2024HANSARDDraft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024I am grateful for the shadow Minister’s comments, particularly on the situation in Afghanistan; we need to remain very mindful of that. I will now respond to his questions. It is…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Spice-spiked VapesAgain, I emphasise that the Bill is not within the Home Office’s purview; it is a DHSC measure. I will ask the Minister for Public Health to respond to the hon. Member for Wells…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Spice-spiked VapesI start by congratulating the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) on securing this important debate. I have listened carefully to her contribution, as well as those of the hon.…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Spice-spiked VapesThe hon. Member obviously has a great deal of experience in education, and of what works with young people when teaching these really important but difficult subjects. Given the…15 Oct 2024HANSARDForensic Information Databases Strategy Board: Annual Report 2023-24I am pleased to announce that I am today publishing the annual report of the forensic information database strategy board for 2023-24. This report covers the national DNA database…10 Oct 2024HANSARD Police Station Closure: Sutton ColdfieldThe right hon. Gentleman makes his case, and I am sure that the police and crime commissioner will have heard it. I further understand that there has been an offer—which I think…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Police Station Closure: Sutton ColdfieldI congratulate the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell) on securing this debate. It is a pleasure to see him back in his place after the general election. I know…04 Sept 2024