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HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalAs I said earlier, we believe that Merseyside Police and the regional counter-terrorism police have adequate resources. Obviously, national resources have also been devoted to…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalAs my hon. Friend says, there has been a great deal of speculation in the media and elsewhere, and he will forgive me if I refrain from speculating on the background and therefore…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 know that the hon. Lady has done a vast amount of work in this area, and we congratulate her and thank her for it. She is right: while we entrust a huge amount of our safety to…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalI understand the hon. Gentleman’s frustration, and I apologise to the House for not being able to say more about this case at the moment, but I must reiterate that we are not yet…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 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 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 HospitalI understand the hon. Gentleman’s sentiments. It is obviously not for me to discuss what the security arrangements should or should not be—as I have said before, it is not helpful…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalI join the hon. Lady in celebrating the Women’s Hospital in Liverpool, which has been used by members of my family on a number of occasions. I was born at Broadgreen, not at the…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalI am grateful to the right hon. Lady for that and I thank her for her work on that important Committee. I understand the House’s frustration that the discussion of specific…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 HospitalGiven that, in strict terms, this is obviously not my portfolio—I am here today because the Security Minister is in Liverpool himself—I am not sure that my views would necessarily…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 2021HANSARDTerrorist Incident at Liverpool Women’s HospitalI agree with the hon. Gentleman; I know the city well and it has always been welcoming, certainly in the latter decades, when community harmony has been very good and high. I hope…16 Nov 2021HANSARDElectronic Tagging of OffendersIt is typical of my hon. Friend to think about the burden on policing. He is one of the primary supporters of the police in this House; I am grateful to him for that. We hope that…09 Nov 2021HANSARDElectronic Tagging of OffendersI am happy to report excellent progress on our electronic monitoring programme. We recently expanded our world-first acquisitive crime project, GPS tagging all those released from…09 Nov 2021HANSARDForensic ServicesMy hon. Friend makes a really important point. She is quite right that as forensic science develops—and it is developing very rapidly indeed—we are able to revisit some quite…09 Nov 2021HANSARDForensic ServicesI am more than happy to work with the hon. Gentleman on the issues that he raises. He is quite right that forensics are a critical part of a good and functioning criminal justice…09 Nov 2021