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HANSARDOffenders in Prison: Numeracy and LiteracyMy hon. Friend is exactly right. Education is very often the solution to so many of society’s problems. It is a stepping stone towards employment, which, in itself, reduces…14 Dec 2021HANSARDOffenders in Prison: Numeracy and LiteracyThis is obviously an issue that affects all the home nations, and I will be more than happy to work collaboratively with counterparts across the whole of the United Kingdom, as we…14 Dec 2021HANSARDAirside Licensing Call for Evidence: Government ResponseThe 2017 report of the House of Lords Select Committee that carried out a post-legislative scrutiny of the Licensing Act 2003 recommended that the Government should revoke the…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Neighbourhood Policing: West MidlandsNo, they do not.14 Dec 2021HANSARD Neighbourhood Policing: West MidlandsI have never shied away from those difficult financial decisions that have to be taken. Nevertheless, generations will pass, and maybe in 50 years the Labour party will stop…14 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am always more than happy to visit Members’ constituencies, as the hon. Lady knows. In fact, just 18 months ago, I held a home nations drugs summit in Glasgow to deal with…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Neighbourhood Policing: West MidlandsThat is not true.14 Dec 2021HANSARD Neighbourhood Policing: West MidlandsAs always, Sir Edward, it is a joy to appear before you, and it was great to hear the speech from the hon. Member for Croydon Central (Sarah Jones)—I think it was 3a this time. I…14 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend’s regard for his constituents who work in the secure estate is very welcome. As he will know from the prisons strategy White Paper, we are taking a zero-tolerance…14 Dec 2021HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act 1971I refute the claim that we are stuck in the last century. In fact, we launched a world-beating strategy just last week, if the hon. Gentleman was paying attention, that proposes a…14 Dec 2021HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act 1971I have not visited a drug consumption room, although I did have a very illuminating meeting with Ruth Dreifuss, the former President of Switzerland who has been promoting the…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Neighbourhood Policing: West MidlandsI have taken an intervention already; I will take another in a minute. It is extremely important for the confidence that people need to have in the west midlands that that is…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Neighbourhood Policing: West MidlandsI understand the hon. Lady’s point, but it is unfair and pulling the wool over the eyes of the people of the west midlands not to stand by the fact that a Labour police and crime…14 Dec 2021HANSARDYouth Custody Estate: SafetyThe number of children and young people in custody is at a historically low level, falling from around 2,600 in 2008-09 to 515 at the end of October 2021. Although welcome, this…14 Dec 2021HANSARDOffenders: Illegal Drug AddictionOur landmark cross-Government drugs strategy sets out an ambitious long-term vision and includes £780 million of additional investment in treatment and recovery—the largest ever…14 Dec 2021HANSARDOffenders: Illegal Drug AddictionI am pleased that my hon. Friend is seeing the impact in his constituency of the remarkable work that his police force have been doing, mainly with Merseyside police, whose region…14 Dec 2021HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders InquestI agree with the right hon. Lady that this was an unspeakable tragedy, which has moved all of us in its dreadfulness. I cannot imagine what those families have gone through, not…13 Dec 2021HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders InquestI certainly can give that reassurance, and we will stand four-square with the commissioner herself as she seeks to do exactly that. The Met have not stood still in seeking to…13 Dec 2021HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders InquestOf course I offer my profound condolences to Sarah. As a father myself, I cannot imagine ever having to go through that kind of experience: it must have been terrible. I am aware,…13 Dec 2021HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders InquestI have.13 Dec 2021