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HANSARDCriminal Justice BillWhile fraud accounts for 40% of recorded crime at the moment, only 1% of police resources are used to deal with it. What are the Home Secretary’s thoughts on that?28 Nov 2023HANSARD Net Migration FiguresAlthough today we are discussing one single set of net migration figures, we know that net migration has hugely varying impacts in regions and communities. We also know that the…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak on the Second Reading of the Criminal Justice Bill. It is always a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Chatham and…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI am very grateful to the right hon. Lady, who speaks with great knowledge about this area and about how legislation has to be deliverable. It has to work for every officer at…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI am pleased that my right hon. Friend is talking about fraud. The Home Affairs Committee has just started an inquiry on fraud and we learnt that only about one in seven people…28 Nov 2023HANSARDRwanda Relocation Scheme: Supreme Court JudgmentThe Home Affairs Committee has taken a particular interest in small-boat crossings. We produced a report last year that I suggest the new Home Secretary might want to look at. We…27 Nov 2023HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry3. What progress he has made on implementing the final recommendations on compensation in the second interim report of the infected blood inquiry, published on 5 April 2023.23 Nov 2023HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryEight months ago, recommendation 12 of the final report on compensation called for interim payments of £100,000 to be “paid to recognise the deaths of people to date unrecognised…23 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhy have Scotland and Wales been able to set up psychological support services for the victims of the contaminated blood scandal, but England has not?23 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseCould we please have a statement to explain why the overhyped Hull and East Yorkshire devolution deal announced in yesterday’s autumn statement and described by a local,…23 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeI am pleased to be called to speak in the King’s Speech debate on policing and criminal justice. As Chair of the Select Committee on Home Affairs, I am pleased that policing is…15 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his new role. This morning at the Home Affairs Committee, David Neal, the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, told…15 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe Minister rightly said in his statement: “Hospitals should be places of safety, able to treat patients with compassion. It is distressing to see them unable to do so.” Médecins…14 Nov 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Operational IndependenceThe Home Affairs Committee has spent many months scrutinising policing for a report that is due to be published tomorrow. That scrutiny has included the principles of policing by…09 Nov 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseCan we please have a statement from the Paymaster General to explain to the House why the very clear and final recommendations made by Sir Brian Langstaff in his report published…09 Nov 2023HANSARD Pakistan: Evacuation of AfghansAlthough I welcome the decision, may I say to the Minister that it would have been much better to tell the House about it in a statement rather than an urgent question? We all…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationThe World Health Organisation estimates that there are 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza, with an average of 180 giving birth every day without access to obstetric services and, of…08 Nov 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. You have had notice of this. In Prime Minister’s Question Time yesterday, the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Deidre Brock)…26 Oct 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationAt the Public Accounts Committee in July, Home Office officials told me that the Government were paying for 5,000 empty hotel beds as a buffer in case of an upsurge in people…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaI think we can all agree that there is no place on our streets for hateful extremism, so what does the Prime Minister have to say to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, who said…23 Oct 2023