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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion U—there is a pattern here—and I beg to move. Motion U1 (as an amendment to Motion U)16 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 311, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 311A.16 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have already spoken to Motion X. I beg to move. Motion X1 (as an amendment to Motion X)16 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 342 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 342A in lieu.16 Apr 2026HANSARDKnife CrimeI am grateful for the noble Lord’s broad support for the action plan. It is an ambitious target to halve knife crime within a decade, but it is one that we think is worth…15 Apr 2026HANSARDKnife CrimeI gave that figure to the House because it is accurate and it shows the value of stop and search as a policing exercise for prevention. I do not have to hand the figures on age…15 Apr 2026HANSARDKnife CrimeI am grateful for the broad support from the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, for the Government’s approach. This was a manifesto commitment to ensure that we tackle knife crime and…15 Apr 2026HANSARDSouthport InquiryMy noble friend makes the valid point that the whole community in Southport and in Merseyside, and the religious community in the area, came together to give support to the…15 Apr 2026HANSARDSouthport InquiryI hope I was clear and I thought I made it clear to the House when I talked about the issue of race and said that the characteristics that led to the individual perpetrating this…15 Apr 2026HANSARDSouthport InquiryMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to address the Statement that my right honourable friend the Home Secretary made in the House of Commons yesterday. My thoughts and, I…15 Apr 2026HANSARDSouthport InquiryI am grateful to my noble friend for making the very important point that there are issues that we need to examine in relation to obsession with serious violence that may be…15 Apr 2026HANSARDSouthport InquiryThat is an absolutely fair point. Again I put to the House that Sir Adrian’s recommendations are clear. There are five areas of failing. We are looking at those recommendations…15 Apr 2026HANSARDSouthport InquiryI am grateful to the noble Baroness for those comments. Self-evidently, there are lessons to be learned by the health service, education and other agencies of government and at a…15 Apr 2026HANSARDSouthport InquiryLet me give the noble Baroness an answer. If she thinks that we are not going to take this issue seriously, bring forward a plan, respond to the recommendations and, yes, learn…15 Apr 2026HANSARDKnife CrimeThe ambition of the Government through the Department for Education is to look at improving attendance at schools across the board. I have sat on a couple of Cabinet committees…15 Apr 2026HANSARDSouthport InquiryI agree with the noble Baroness that we need to give confidence to the public, and the purpose of the inquiry that the then Home Secretary Yvette Cooper launched was to ensure…15 Apr 2026HANSARDKnife CrimeI agree with the noble Baroness on that. As I said, as part of my general contribution, some of the work that the MoJ is doing and is for individuals who are on that cusp and who…15 Apr 2026HANSARDKnife CrimeThat is an extremely valuable point. In the Crime and Policing Bill, which is before the House now but requires Royal Assent, which I hope will be completed in the next couple of…15 Apr 2026HANSARDChild Poverty and Homelessness: Asylum and Settlement PoliciesNo, it is not. We have had a consultation and we have 200,000 responses. We can look at those: AI is much used in the Home Office now to analyse what is happening. The key point…14 Apr 2026HANSARDStatement of Changes in Immigration RulesMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord German, and my noble friend Lord Dubs for tabling their regret Motions. It is always a pleasure to discuss matters in the House,…14 Apr 2026