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HANSARDPolice Officer NumbersThe Home Office, the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the College of Policing and all forces are working flat out to recruit 20,000 new police officers, supported by £700 million…28 Sept 2020HANSARDEmergency Services: AssaultsThere is absolutely no excuse for assaulting any kind of emergency worker, whether one is on drink or drugs or completely sober. I have to confess that I do not comprehend what…28 Sept 2020HANSARDPolice FundingI am grateful to my constituency neighbour for his question, though not for the aspersions he casts on my fellow county residents. I thought crime flowed in the other direction.…28 Sept 2020HANSARDRural Crime ReductionI am aware that my hon. Friend has made a huge impact in his constituency since he was elected recently, and that this is a result of something that he has campaigned on for some…28 Sept 2020HANSARDRural Crime ReductionI acknowledge the hon. Lady’s words about the awful events of Friday. I know that it hit home hard in Croydon for her; I think she was due to visit that very custody suite that…28 Sept 2020HANSARDEmergency Services: AssaultsI have said this before in the Chamber and will say it again: in my view, anybody who lays a malicious finger on a police officer, or indeed any emergency worker, should face…28 Sept 2020HANSARDPolice FundingThe Government have announced a police funding settlement that sets out the biggest increase in funding for the policing system in a decade. In total, we are increasing the…28 Sept 2020HANSARDPolice Officer NumbersI well understand my hon. Friend’s impatience for his area to see an increase in police officers. That impatience is shared by me, the Home Secretary and probably everybody in the…28 Sept 2020HANSARDPolice Officer NumbersMy hon. Friend is quite right: it has been a sombre weekend for us all, with the tragic events of Friday reinforced by National Police Memorial Day just yesterday. I am pleased to…28 Sept 2020HANSARDPolice FundingAs a rural Member, I know exactly the type of concern to which my hon. Friend refers; it is shared by people in my constituency. Obviously, the provision of significant extra…28 Sept 2020HANSARDRural Crime ReductionWe are determined to drive down crime in rural and urban areas, which is why we are recruiting an extra 20,000 police officers and, by the way, investing £85 million in the Crown…28 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for making, in a charming and agrarian way, a very important point about our having confidence in the forensic system. Forensic science is…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillI thank hon. Members for their words of condolence, sorrow and support following the awful crime that was committed last night against not only a police officer but all of us. Mr…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillI just want to put on the record that the overall spend on forensics across policing is actually about half a billion pounds.25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillI am more than happy to give my hon. Friend that reassurance. I come, I guess, from the point of view of the Thomas More philosophy. I think it was Thomas More who said: “This…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillMy hon. Friend is giving a fascinating tour de force on the history of forensics. She is quite right about the history, and it goes even further back. I know she will…25 Sept 2020HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I want to bring the House’s attention to the fact that a police officer was sadly shot and killed overnight in Croydon. The details are still…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillI wish to acknowledge the hon. Gentleman’s strong point that technology is moving at great speed in crime, as it is in all our lives, and to draw his attention to the fact that we…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillMy hon. Friend is raising an important point, but there are two things to say. Part of the complication is obviously the operational independence of chief constables, in that the…25 Sept 2020HANSARDForensic Science Regulator and Biometrics Strategy BillI think my hon. Friend has missed his calling: his forensic examination of these documents is to be admired. In the debate I will seek an answer to the question that he raises; I…25 Sept 2020