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HANSARDNational Security Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment of Primary Legislation) Regulations 2025That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 29 October be approved.10 Dec 2024HANSARDPolice Officers: RecruitmentIt is important that we have stability. Very often, when I was a Member of Parliament, the police chief in the local area would be in post for two years and he or she would either…10 Dec 2024HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityI think there is a different type of deterrent from that which the noble Viscount would wish to exercise, and which I am guessing he supported when the noble Lord, Lord Murray,…10 Dec 2024HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityI am grateful to the noble Lords. I do not know where the noble Lord, Lord Murray, has been for the past 14 years, but I do not think he has been in the same place that I have…10 Dec 2024HANSARDPolice Act 1997 (Authorisations to Interfere with Property: Relevant Offence) Regulations 2025That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 29 October be approved.10 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 2024HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityThe noble Viscount makes an extremely important point. The Government have put in place an £11 million fund to support humanitarian aid. The Foreign Secretary has met his Turkish…10 Dec 2024HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityIf the noble Viscount will allow me, those matters are slightly beyond my remit. I would not wish to commit the Government to any particular course of action on that, but I will…10 Dec 2024HANSARDPolice Act 1997 (Authorisations to Interfere with Property: Relevant Offence) Regulations 2025I am grateful for the contributions from His Majesty’s Official Opposition and the Liberal Democrat Benches. I am grateful for the Opposition’s support for both orders, which are…10 Dec 2024HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityIt is extremely important that we have a responsibility to those individuals who served and supported what I would call coalition forces in Afghanistan. It is particularly…10 Dec 2024HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityI am grateful to the noble Lord for his question. Individuals can always choose to return if the situation in their home country that they were fleeing and seeking asylum from…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 2024HANSARDTackling StalkingI am grateful to my noble friend for his contribution. He raises an issue which I touched on briefly in answering the noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe: how society approaches stalking.…05 Dec 2024HANSARDRetail Crime: EffectsI am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. As the noble Lord, Lord Razzall, said, there is unanimity on the approach to the issue of shop theft, as has…05 Dec 2024HANSARDTackling StalkingI am grateful to His Majesty’s Opposition for their support for the measures and for the work that was done by the previous Government in highlighting and putting in place…05 Dec 2024HANSARDTackling StalkingI am grateful to the noble Lord for his very constructive contribution. I cannot compete with Jess Phillips in terms of language, but I will certainly refer the points that have…05 Dec 2024HANSARDTackling StalkingI am grateful to my noble friend for raising that issue. I can assure him, which I hope will help, that the Government intend to review the legislation on stalking. There are two…05 Dec 2024HANSARDTackling StalkingI am grateful to the noble Lord for his broad welcome for the Statement on stalking made by my honourable friend Jess Phillips in the House of Commons yesterday. It is important…05 Dec 2024HANSARDRetail Crime: EffectsI am grateful to my noble friend for his intervention after I thought I had finished. Repeat offenders are part of a vicious cycle that needs to be broken. Part of that is due to…05 Dec 2024HANSARDProceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Seizure and Detention of Property: Code of Practice) (Northern Ireland) Order 2024That the draft Order laid before the House on 31 October be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 2 December.04 Dec 2024