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HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Tenth sitting)Absolutely. The Metropolitan police’s decision to use those three particular boroughs for the domestic abuse protection orders was undoubtedly based on intelligence, and also on…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Tenth sitting)I will start at the end and work backwards through the questions. It was a delight to hear everybody mention the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, which is an amazing organisation that I have…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Tenth sitting)Stalking is a high-harm, high-volume form of violence against women and girls. It is important that the right tools are in place to manage stalking perpetrators and to ensure that…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Tenth sitting)The shadow Minister makes some interesting points. It is impossible for me to say now exactly how much this will improve things in the future, but it will obviously be kept under…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Roger, while we expect a vote. As we are quorate, I will move on with this task. I will come on to answer the questions put by…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)Online child sexual abuse offending is often underpinned by networking between offenders. Offenders create groups on both the clear and the dark web to facilitate their crimes…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)The shadow Minister posed a question about sentencing. Clause 37 amends section 69 of the Serious Crime Act, in which, as she pointed out, the previous Government set the maximum…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseI agree with the hon. Gentleman that although we have arguments in this House about data, what data has not been collected and what progress we have made, the reality is that we…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseSpecifically on victims of grooming, we will set out the commissioning for the new service across England and Wales for the independent child trafficking guardians, as I said in…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting)Many individuals who pose a direct risk to children travel frequently across the UK border to commit child sex abuse offences abroad. Before the development of digital media,…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseThe hon. Lady makes a good point, because for the victims I have worked with over the years, it is a life sentence; it is not something that goes away. That is one of the reasons…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting)I do not ask this to catch out the hon. Gentleman, but has he read either of the two independent inquiries specifically into Rotherham? One was written by Alexis Jay and the other…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)Could the hon. Lady give us an example of the sort of case she is concerned about?08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseI thank the hon. Lady for her question. We now have many laws on coercion in our country—passing laws on coercion is something that the previous Government did do. If it can be…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseUnfortunately, what has been lost in that time is the ability to hold people to account. Even if, in a statutory inquiry, information was found out, for example about councillors,…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting)I just wonder what exactly the hon. Lady is outlining. I forgot to bring the report with me—I left it on my desk downstairs. What is she seeking to add with new clause 47 that was…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Tackling Child Sexual AbuseTo answer the hon. Gentleman’s question, if criminal cases can be brought against any of those people, I am more than happy to speak to the taskforce that is working to improve…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 11, in clause 36, page 40, line 33, at end insert— “(3A) In Schedule 4 to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (offences to which defence in section 45 does not…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Eighth sitting)I just want the hon. Lady to know that she is stepping on the toes of the statutory inquiry, which has already asked for better data collection on exactly these things. I am not…08 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Seventh sitting)I understand the premise of witness protection and the clause that is in the Government Bill. The hon. Lady has raised a concern about witness protection being used to affect the…08 Apr 2025