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HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationNo, we respect our international obligations—and we can take action. As I said a moment ago, the 9,400 total returns is a 19% increase over the past year; 2,590 were enforced…25 Nov 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationI refer the noble Baroness to the answer I gave earlier to the noble Lord, Lord German. Those are issues I will take as a representation, but the prime focus of the Government…25 Nov 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationI did not.25 Nov 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationI respect the question from my noble friend. I reassure him that this United Kingdom Labour Government are not a soft touch on migration to this country. We have invested in…25 Nov 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationI appreciate the suggestion and will take it as a representation from the noble Lord as to government policy. We are concerned with trying to reduce the use of asylum as a whole,…25 Nov 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationThe Government have closed 14 hotels since July; there have been additions, so there is a net increase of seven hotels. The key point that the Government are trying to undertake—I…25 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformI will reflect on what the noble Baroness has said, and on what the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley—in the county of Flintshire—said about that issue, and I will write to both…25 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformWe are trying to reset the relationship between central government and the 43 police forces. That resettlement includes a £0.5 billion boost to policing generally; a new standards…25 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformI am grateful to my noble friend for the experience he brings to the Question. It is certainly the Government’s wish to give flexibility to local police and crime commissioners…25 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformI agree absolutely. One of the options that the Home Secretary announced last week was a police performance unit to look at more centralised procurement. There are savings to be…25 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformThe Government are committed, as part of our manifesto commitments, to encouraging and supplying resources to fund 13,000 neighbourhood police officers. How police and crime…25 Nov 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationI reassure my noble friend that the Government have a proud role in accepting people with legitimate asylum claims. The key question, which relates to the questions from both…25 Nov 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationI can help the noble and learned Baroness on that point. Between 5 July and 28 October this year, which is the only time that I can account for as Minister, the Government have…25 Nov 2024HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationWith due respect to the noble Lord, I will look into his point, but we are four and a half months into this Government. The focus the Government have had so far—and I say this…25 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformYes, the Government are reviewing the guidelines on non-crime hate incidents. We will work with the police college and the National Police Chiefs’ Council to review that. The…25 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformThe Government have quite a lot of influence over policing. As the noble Lord will know, we set the budget for policing and will do so in December. As he will also know,…25 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformTrans people have a right to exist and be employed in communities to work with communities, and I will defend that right for trans people to hold responsible positions in society.…25 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice ReformMy noble friend will know that the investigation by any police force, not least the National Crime Agency, is a matter for that police force, not Ministers. Additional resources…25 Nov 2024HANSARDCounter-Extremism StrategyI am grateful to the right reverend Prelate for his question. Martyn’s law has been considered by and has cleared the House of Commons, and the issues he raises have been debated…20 Nov 2024HANSARDCounter-Extremism StrategyThere is a Defending Democracy Taskforce comprising a number of Ministers, led by my honourable friend Dan Jarvis, the Minister with responsibility for security and…20 Nov 2024