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HANSARDPolice: Junior Cadet SchemesI am afraid that is a no for the noble Lord.11 Nov 2024HANSARDPolice: Junior Cadet SchemesIt is slightly outside my scope of responsibility, but I give credit to the noble Lord for the fact that the RAF, Army and Navy cadets are all very valuable. Only this weekend, we…11 Nov 2024HANSARDHezbollah: Threat to the United KingdomI am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Godson, for securing this debate, and to all noble Lords who spoke. I have a little more time than I initially anticipated to respond to the…05 Nov 2024HANSARDUnaccompanied Migrant ChildrenAll seven of the Home Office-run hotels for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are now closed. Six closed in November 2023 and the final one closed in January 2024. We are…30 Oct 2024HANSARDUnaccompanied Migrant ChildrenThat is the intention of the Home Office. The noble Lord will know that this Government, in our current incarnation and in previous incarnations between 1997 and 2010, have been…30 Oct 2024HANSARDUnaccompanied Migrant ChildrenA partnership has been in operation to date with local authorities, particularly Kent County Council, to help quickly with placement and support for those young individuals.…30 Oct 2024HANSARDUnaccompanied Migrant ChildrenAgain, I hear what my noble friend says. I wish to find the 90 children who are still missing. I wish to ensure that we give support to local authorities and the police to do…30 Oct 2024HANSARDUnaccompanied Migrant ChildrenThere was an enhanced incentivised funding programme in operation for Kent County Council, which gave support of £15,000 for transfers within two working days and £6,000 for…30 Oct 2024HANSARDUnaccompanied Migrant ChildrenCurrently, in the event of unaccompanied children arriving at a port of entry in the United Kingdom, the first port of call is to provide support via local authorities, which give…30 Oct 2024HANSARDUnaccompanied Migrant ChildrenI was aware of that incident last week. The noble Lord will know that I do not wish to comment on its details because it is sub judice. There will be a trial and an individual…30 Oct 2024HANSARDUnaccompanied Migrant ChildrenIn addition to funding for children’s social care that local authorities receive anyway through the local government finance settlement —and devolved governments; they are equally…30 Oct 2024HANSARDUnaccompanied Migrant ChildrenI am grateful to my noble friend. I remind him that the hotels were closed because of legal challenges to force the previous Government to close them. There were 472 episodes of…30 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityMy response to the noble Lord will not be critical of the judge. I simply say that, having seen the implications of that decision, my right honourable friend and I have taken the…28 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI am grateful to both Front-Bench speakers for their constructive comments and their broad welcome for my right honourable friend the Home Secretary’s Statement in the House of…28 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI am grateful to the noble Earl for his welcome for the Statement. On the West Midlands Police, he will know that there are mechanisms in place to make reports to tackle any poor…28 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI am grateful to the noble Baroness, who brings her experience to this debate. We both spent time in Northern Ireland some time ago, when I was a Minister and she was the police…28 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityThe noble Lord brings extensive experience to this debate and these questions from his policing background. I understand the points he has made, but I hope he will understand when…28 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI am grateful to the noble Lord for that suggestion. We are in the process of reviewing the legislation and I do not want to pre-empt the reviews that are being undertaken by the…28 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityThe noble Lord, Lord Hogan-Howe, obviously brings great experience to this question and this discussion, and I appreciate the discussions I have had with him—not just in the…28 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityIt is important that there are grounds for the police to recommend to the CPS and for the CPS to take action on prosecution. That could happen in any number of circumstances. In…28 Oct 2024