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HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Dover. We all sympathise with the intentions of the new clause, initially tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool North…21 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Seventh sitting)I will give way in a moment. We also have the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, which makes it an offence for someone to pursue a course of action that they know will amount to…21 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the past few years, we have been working closely with the police across the whole of the UK to drive down the number of minors held in custody and the duration of that. As the…20 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am quite surprised to hear that given that I believe the hon. Lady is a London MP and the Metropolitan Police currently have more police officers on their roster than they have…20 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right on the national Grip funding roll-out, which originated from a visit I made to Southend two years ago, where I was so impressed by the data-driven hotspot…20 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAlthough the case of Child Q was deeply regrettable and the Metropolitan police have offered their apologies in that case, I am sure that the hon. Lady will accept that, sadly,…20 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am more than happy to support my hon. Friend in seeking the best for his constituents, as I did on Friday in Tiverton where the front counter of the police station is due to…20 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs usual, Mr Speaker, it is no surprise to hear my hon. Friend standing up for his constituents and fighting for their interests. He is right to look for greater police presence…20 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 25 requires that the Home Secretary publish a code of practice for the processing of data collected from individuals subject to an electronic monitoring requirement in one…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 22, in clause 28, page 26, line 32, at end insert— “(3A) Section (Assemblies and one-person protests: British Transport Police and MoD Police) comes into…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)New clause 4 closes a gap in the existing powers at part 2 of the Public Order Act 1986 for policing public processions and assemblies. It does so by harmonising the position…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend is exactly right. It applies where they are part of a territorial police force. I know she has a particular interest in Dover port police, and we will seek clarity…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)We cannot backdate the charges.16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Lady has raised the issue of the aggravated trespass offence on a number of occasions as a charge that can be used, so I asked my team to look at why aggravated trespass…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)It is clear that police need the powers to proactively prevent criminal protest activity before it occurs. The hon. Lady has put great store by the evidence of the National Police…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)For the sake of accuracy, when I was Deputy Mayor for policing, stop and search increased. The hon. Lady is quite right that it decreased in the second half of the Mayor’s…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)Notwithstanding the hon. Lady’s patronising tone, I speak to the National Police Chiefs’ Council and senior police officers all the time. In fact, I have lived the stop and search…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)No one said that!16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)The clause reflects a request from the Metropolitan Police to reflect the differential rank structure with regard to the delegation of powers of authorisation such that an…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)The clause provides that anyone searched or who has their vehicle searched under the new suspicion-less stop-and-search powers is entitled to apply for a written statement from…16 Jun 2022