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HANSARDTen-Year Drugs StrategyI agree that addiction is an illness or affliction that is outwith an individual’s control. Although addiction often drives individuals to commit crime, for which they must be…06 Dec 2021HANSARDBiometrics Commissioner: Annual ReportMy noble Friend the Minister of State, Home Department (Baroness Williams of Trafford) has today made the following written ministerial statement: I am pleased to announce that my…29 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right, and he will know that through the Uplift programme we are pushing hard to increase the diversity of UK policing so that the police force looks like the…22 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. There should be no room for confusion in people’s minds: drugs are bad in all their forms, and this Government will do everything we can to…22 Nov 2021HANSARDSpecial ConstablesI am sure you agree with me, Mr Speaker, that special constables are among the most remarkable citizens in the land. We are bringing forward legislation to enable them to become…22 Nov 2021HANSARDSpecial ConstablesI am grateful for the fact that the welfare of this special—in every sense of the word—group of people is at the forefront of my hon. Friend’s mind. She will be pleased to know…22 Nov 2021HANSARDCounty Lines Drugs GangsThe Prime Minister issued an instruction that we should roll up county lines, and that is exactly what we have been doing for the last two years. Since 2019, we have invested over…22 Nov 2021HANSARDCounty Lines Drugs GangsI am focused on the impact of drugs across the whole country, and particularly in areas such as Devon and Cornwall, where I know the chief constable, and Alison Hernandez, the…22 Nov 2021HANSARDCounty Lines Drugs GangsMy hon. Friend is exactly right, and as my constituency neighbour he feels the same impact on our rural towns and villages as I do. He is right: as I said earlier, this is such a…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Stop and Search: West MidlandsI do not have time, I am afraid; I hope the hon. Gentleman will forgive me. I am hesitant to engage in what I have to say is this rather hackneyed debate about cuts, which I have…17 Nov 2021HANSARD Stop and Search: West MidlandsThank you, Ms Rees, for presiding over a tight and passionate debate about crime in the west midlands. Given that I devote pretty much every waking hour to crime generally, it has…17 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his questions. As he knows, significant resources are available to our counter-terrorism policing colleagues and there have been…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalI understand my right hon. Friend’s sentiments. As he will know, particularly with regard to the threat level, a written ministerial statement was issued yesterday. We understand…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalI am sure that the House will have heard loud and clear both your implication, Mr Speaker, and that of the Chair of the Committee about our coming to the House in a timely…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalWe will have to examine the wider community impacts of the incident once the lessons are learned. As the hon. Lady knows, significant work is being done through our work on the…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalI am afraid that the hon. Lady is once again inviting me to speculate on the background, nature and motivation of the individual. I hope she will forgive me if I refrain from…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalIt is typical of the hon. Gentleman that he would focus on the welfare of that individual. I will personally ensure that he is getting all the support that he needs to recover…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalAs I say, Mr Speaker, the lack of a statement came from a desire to come to the House at the moment when we could give the maximum information and reassurance, but we hear the…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalI join the hon. Lady in congratulating Merseyside police, which is one of our highest-performing police forces across the country, having had a series of great leaders as chief…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalAs the right hon. Gentleman points out, I cannot comment on this. I know that there has been a lot of speculation about the nature of the explosion, but, as I understand it from a…16 Nov 2021