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HANSARDRetail Crime PreventionI always say the same thing when people tell me about under-reporting, which is that we must urge everybody to report every possible crime, because modern policing is all about…05 Nov 2019HANSARDRetail Crime PreventionIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts, albeit in a different forum from the last one we met in. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Delyn (David…05 Nov 2019HANSARDRetail Crime PreventionI will come on to that. I am not wholly convinced that we are without the tools that we need to deal with the issue, but we might need to address whether we are using them…05 Nov 2019HANSARDRetail Crime PreventionThere has already been a debate in the House on the use of facial recognition technology, and it is obviously within the purview of Members and Select Committees and others to…05 Nov 2019HANSARDRetail Crime PreventionThat is exactly right. If a chief constable decrees that it is a problem in their area, it is perfectly possible for them to have a policy of prosecuting thefts of a value under…05 Nov 2019HANSARDBiometrics and Forensics Ethics Group: Annual ReportMy noble Friend the Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Williams of Trafford) has today made the following written ministerial statement: I am pleased to announce the…04 Nov 2019HANSARDCounty Lines Drugs GangsWe are determined to end county lines and have announced a £20 million package of initial measures to do so. This will expand the national county lines co-ordination centre, help…28 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe exact disposition of the number of firefighters on each appliance is an operational decision. [ Interruption. ] It is. It is not my job to sit in Whitehall and decide how each…28 Oct 2019HANSARDPolice Officer NumbersThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about the police standing on the side of decent citizens. When I hear distress calls from across the country about people who are not…28 Oct 2019HANSARDPolice Officer NumbersMy hon. Friend is right to highlight that the excellent police and crime commissioner—I have met her several times now—for Cornwall is over in Portcullis House, demonstrating what…28 Oct 2019HANSARDPolice Officer NumbersI am happy to say that Gwent police are already up 42 police officers on last year’s budget settlement. A target of a further 62 has been allocated in the latest funding round.…28 Oct 2019HANSARDCounty Lines Drugs GangsI too am concerned about the situation in Morecambe, not least because, like Birkenhead, it has happy memories for me of my childhood. I am keen to sit down and talk to my hon.…28 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sorry to hear that that pump is going, but presumably that was an operational decision by the local fire chief and fire board. We did get a 2.3% settlement, which in the…28 Oct 2019HANSARDCounty Lines Drugs GangsAs the right hon. Lady will have heard, I did, in answer to an earlier question, talk about a balanced drugs strategy that takes into account both enforcement and youth…28 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs you may recall, Mr Speaker, I had some responsibility for the enormous changes that are required in building regulation and fire safety procedure when I was Minister for…28 Oct 2019HANSARDCounty Lines Drugs GangsAs I said to the Scottish Affairs Committee, my mind is open on what more we can do, but there are plenty of things that should be done and are not being done. One of the common…28 Oct 2019HANSARDCounty Lines Drugs GangsI hope that the hon. Gentleman has noted some of the recent successes that we have had in dealing with some of the really big gangs who promulgate this trade—not least the…28 Oct 2019HANSARDLow-level CrimesI think that the hon. Gentleman speaks for us all. In my view, anyone who raises a hand in malice against an emergency worker should face the severest possible penalties.28 Oct 2019HANSARDFirefighter NumbersI would expect nothing less than a challenge from the champion of Shipley on my portfolio, just as he has challenged me in my previous portfolios. I would be more than happy to…28 Oct 2019HANSARDPlace-based Crime PreventionIn typical fashion, the right hon. Gentleman poses an intriguing challenge, which I shall have to research in the Department to find out whether there has been any impact.…28 Oct 2019