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HANSARDBorder Security: CollaborationI am grateful for those contributions from His Majesty’s loyal Opposition and the Liberal Democrat Benches. I have set out to the House on numerous occasions the record of the…17 Dec 2024HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour and ShopliftingI do not wish to pre-empt the sentencing review undertaken by David Gauke, a former Conservative Justice Secretary, which was commissioned by the Lord Chancellor. Self-evidently,…16 Dec 2024HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour and ShopliftingAs always, shoplifting takes place for a range of reasons. But I will not excuse shoplifting and shop theft under any circumstances, because they are still crimes. I grew up on a…16 Dec 2024HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour and ShopliftingThis Government will tackle anti-social behaviour by rebuilding visible neighbourhood policing, with 13,000 additional neighbourhood officers and PCSOs, and will bring in new…16 Dec 2024HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour and ShopliftingI am very grateful to the noble Lord; he makes three valuable points which we will certainly take on board. My right honourable friend Diana Johnson, the Policing Minister in the…16 Dec 2024HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour and ShopliftingI am grateful to my noble friend. One of the key things the last Government did—as in the last Labour Government, from 2005 to 2010—was ensure we had a number of community-based…16 Dec 2024HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour and ShopliftingI hope I can reassure my noble friend and the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, that poverty is an important issue for this Government. If there are trends in the type of theft that is…16 Dec 2024HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour and ShopliftingThe 2014 Act that changed the threshold and put a £200 threshold on shop theft did not change the law, but it changed the approach that law enforcement officers took: thefts under…16 Dec 2024HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour and ShopliftingI am grateful to the noble Baroness for that comment. We will keep all legislation under review. Again, after 14 years out of office, we want to review some of the measures: how…16 Dec 2024HANSARDAnti-social Behaviour and ShopliftingI am pleased to say to my noble friend that it is a “yes” to every point she has raised. Anti-social behaviour and shop theft are not minor crimes. They cause disruption in our…16 Dec 2024HANSARDAsylum Support (Prescribed Period) Bill [HL]I will look at that point. I apologise to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for not answering her. I can give her limited reassurance, and I will write to both her and my noble…13 Dec 2024HANSARDAsylum Support (Prescribed Period) Bill [HL]The noble Lord caught me unawares there. I thought I had a little longer, but there we go: it is all part of the fun. I am grateful to noble Lords, particularly my noble friend…13 Dec 2024HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Victims and SurvivorsMy Lords, I begin by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Chisholm, on bringing this debate before the House. As has been seen from the contributions today, there is…12 Dec 2024HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Victims and SurvivorsI am grateful for that intervention. I give the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, the assurance that I will take that back and draw it to the attention of Diana Johnson, the Police…12 Dec 2024HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Victims and SurvivorsI appreciate the noble Baroness raising those issues again. Can I write to her on those important points? I noted in the steam of the debate all the points that were mentioned. I…12 Dec 2024HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityMy noble friend makes an extremely important point on which the Government are not only reflecting but taking action. The slowness of asylum appeals, the poor quality of some…10 Dec 2024HANSARDPolice Officers: RecruitmentOne of the important issues that my right honourable friend the Home Secretary announced last week was on the College of Policing and others looking at good practice and how we…10 Dec 2024HANSARDGuns Manufactured by 3D PrintersI am not aware that the Government are relying on a Private Member’s Bill. There is a Private Member’s Bill coming forward, but it is not a Government-sponsored Bill; it is being…10 Dec 2024HANSARDGuns Manufactured by 3D PrintersI am grateful to the noble Lord for his helpful intervention. I say quite simply again that 3D-printed firearms are captured by existing firearms legislation. If a 3D-printed…10 Dec 2024HANSARDGuns Manufactured by 3D PrintersI can tell my noble friend that it is an offence to manufacture and distribute a prohibited weapon, such as a handgun or semi-automatic rifle, however it is manufactured. That…10 Dec 2024