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HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)I would expect a no less challenging question from my county colleague, and he is right that the fight against fraud has perhaps not been as effective as it could have been over…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)I think I am right in saying that recorded crime in the Thames valley is lower than in 2010, but that is not a cause for complacency. I recognise some of the problems that towns…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)As I am sure my hon. Friend knows, money for policing is shared out on the basis of a funding formula. I have studied the formula in some depth, and it is incredibly complicated…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)I would, of course, be delighted to visit Derbyshire once again. I was there only a few months ago to visit the chief constable and the current police and crime commissioner. I…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)The best thing I can do is encourage them, once again, to elect a Conservative police and crime commissioner in May who will be focused on their priorities. I am pleased to note…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)I know Belgravia police station very well indeed— [Laughter.] It was not through having spent any overnight stays there. During my time in policing in London, I visited it on a…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)My hon. Friend, in his typically astute way, raises an extremely important point. Although we talk a lot in this House, and certainly in my job, about the enforcement aspect of…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)This is on top of the numbers we need to recruit because of those who retire—we see 6,000 to 8,000 retire. At the end of March, or possibly April, we will be publishing details of…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)Obviously, these 6,000 officers are a down payment on a three-year protection plan, under which we will be recruiting 20,000 police officers. Just for clarity, I should point out…24 Feb 2020HANSARDLicensing Hours: 75th Anniversary of Victory over Japan DaySection 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows the Secretary of State for the Home Department to make a licensing hours order (“order”) relaxing opening hours for licensed premises…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The police cannot fly blind; data is critical to their job. I well know the problems of Manchester and asked the chief inspector of…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to raise the issue of serious violence, which is blighting not only Cleveland but other parts of the country, too. It is obviously a huge…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)I beg to move, That the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2020–21 (HC 51), which was laid before this House on 22 January, be approved. I am proud to be part of a new…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Policing (England and Wales)Obviously, it is a responsibility of the local PCC and the chief constable to make sure that they deliver the services they are mandated to deliver in an effective way. The hon.…24 Feb 2020HANSARD75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day: Licensing HoursSection 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows the Secretary of State for the Home Department to make a licensing hours order (“order”) relaxing opening hours for licensed premises…13 Feb 2020HANSARD Retail Workers: ProtectionI definitely think that part of our response and the work that we need to do following the publication of the call for evidence will be to look at not only Scotland but other…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Retail Workers: ProtectionIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I make no complaint that this subject has been brought up twice in three months. It is obviously extremely…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Retail Workers: ProtectionI am not at the moment. I will consider the seven points raised by the hon. Member for Harrow West to see what more can be done, whether that is a specific sentence or whether we…11 Feb 2020HANSARDCounty Lines: Exploitation of ChildrenThe co-ordination of the effort across Government and indeed, across all the arms of government, including local government, will be one of the primary tasks of the new Cabinet…10 Feb 2020HANSARDCounty Lines: Exploitation of ChildrenOne of the most significant deterrents that we think will be available to us is differential sentencing. A judge, on giving a sentence to somebody who is involved in county lines,…10 Feb 2020