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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, this is the first in a number of groups of government amendments. I apologise for the large number of amendments before the Committee today. Their core aim is to apply…19 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill19 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill223: Clause 40, page 60, line 3, at end insert— “(1A) In subsection (1)(a) “offence” means an offence under the law of a part of the United Kingdom.” Member’s explanatory…19 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe noble Lord, Lord Russell, says “Cross-Bench”. I will take that as a bonus point for the Cross Benches. It is a noble approach to take towards the amendment. So I will not…19 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThere is a genuine fear about what the response would be, and I understand that. The days when I—and potentially the noble Lord, Lord Randall—stopped a shop theft in a retail…19 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I begin by, in part, sharing the aspirations of the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra. I agree with him. It is not shoplifting; it is shop theft. I agree with the noble Lord,…19 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill19 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillDelivery drivers cover a wide range of sectors and roles and therefore including them could potentially cause an issue with definition and therefore with the courts using the…19 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice ReformIf the noble Viscount cannot persuade Mrs Thatcher, I do not know who he can persuade. The issue with Lincolnshire is interesting, because Humberside Police includes parts of the…18 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice ReformThat is an important point, because in areas such as the right reverend Prelate’s there are always going to be tensions between rural councils and the urban council. There are…18 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice ReformThe power to appoint the chief constable will reside with the appointed person who has responsibility for policing. That could well be the mayor, the person appointed by the mayor…18 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice ReformAs a believer in collective government responsibility, which I have to be at this stage, I say that there was joint and several responsibility for the policy. I am very sorry that…18 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice ReformI take issue with the noble Lord’s last point. This is a very difficult decision. Remember, we are abolishing 17 Labour police and crime commissioners who are doing a good job and…18 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice ReformPolice and crime commissioners across England and Wales will be abolished at what would have been their next election. There will not be another election for police and crime…18 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice ReformThe issue of devolution is not part of this Statement. We are looking at the governance of policing, not the devolution of policing. There are no mayors in Wales—that is a vital…18 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice ReformI can take my noble friend back to 2010-11, when the Labour Party, then in opposition, opposed police and crime commissioners in principle but fought the elections because when…18 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice ReformI first echo what the noble Lord has said. This is not in any way directed at the performance of individual police and crime commissioners. There are many good people who have…18 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice ReformThe noble Lord is absolutely right: we must ensure we have extremely good support, via the police service, for improving the quality of senior officers. If he looks and the Crime…18 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice ReformI agree with my noble friend. Key to the potential new model is that the police mayoral model/policing board model will be accountable for setting the budget and for holding the…18 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice ReformKnows who Steve Rotheram is. I am being distracted by the noble Lord, Lord Swire, who is anxious to bounce up. We have 20 minutes in this first part—he should know that by now. He…18 Nov 2025