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HANSARD Drug CrimeI am quite short of time, so I will not, if the hon. Member does not mind. Our 10-year, whole-system strategy, which we are implementing, is a fundamental reset in our approach to…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Drug CrimeI will come to those in a moment. The hon. Lady will be interested to know that I had a meeting with the Children’s Society just this morning, in my capacity as a constituency MP,…20 Apr 2022HANSARD Drug CrimeI do not have time, I am afraid. When I visited the Blackpool project, I was very pleased to hear from a senior police officer who is helping to run it that, in her nearly 30…20 Apr 2022HANSARDIndependent Office for Police Conduct Annual Report and Accounts 2020-2021I am today, along with my the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for South East Cambridgeshire (Lucy Frazer), publishing the 2020-21…31 Mar 2022HANSARDHome DepartmentOne of the improvements that the inspectorate did note that the Metropolitan police has achieved over the past couple of years is an elimination almost of the vetting backlog,…29 Mar 2022HANSARDHome DepartmentOne of the improvements that the inspectorate did note that the Metropolitan police has achieved over the past couple of years is an elimination almost of the vetting backlog,…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillYou all heckled me from a seated position, so why can I not do the same?28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIt is traditional to express gratitude to Members for contributing to a debate, but after that nonsense, I am afraid that I cannot unequivocally offer that. I welcome the support…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI understand what the hon. Gentleman is saying, but he is looking towards, if I may say so, a Napoleonic approach to the law which we do not have in this country. We set the…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillAs I said, those terms are well understood by the police and courts. They are interpreted, and have been over many years in other circumstances, and we do not believe there is…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIf I could make some progress, I was going to come to that matter. There has been some concern about the definitions of particular phrases in the Bill, and we recognise that some…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillLet me give the hon. Gentleman an example. At that protest, legitimate and right as it is, individuals are exercising their right to free speech. Imagine, for example, that next…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillNot at all. Difficult things will and should still be said loudly, proudly and boldly, but it may be different in certain circumstances—for example, we have already conceded in…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe amendments have no bearing on the content of the noise, merely on the impact the noise is having on people nearby from a decibel or distress point of view. Other legislation…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThere is no desire or intention to suppress religious or other freedoms. This is about giving the police powers not to ban protest or assembly, but to place conditions on it. As I…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillAs usual, my right hon. and learned Friend has made a helpful suggestion. We will certainly review as he suggests. It is worth bearing in mind what we are trying to achieve, which…28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI beg to move, That this House insists on its disagreement with the Lords in their amendment 58 but proposes amendments (a) to (c) in lieu.28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillYes, it is.28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillIt is about noise. Read your own amendment.28 Mar 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillOur position on Lords amendment 58 has always been that we accept the case in principle that the Food Standards Agency should have direct access to relevant police powers to…28 Mar 2022