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HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Training and DisciplineThe scenes in the documentary were simply unacceptable and deeply concerning. The Home Office supports the commissioner’s drive to root out those unfit to serve the public. The…16 Oct 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThat the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House that they consider the bill in the following order:…16 Oct 2025HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Training and DisciplineIf the noble Baroness will allow me, I will look at the points that she has raised. It is an important issue. I happen to think that it is important that there is an inspection…16 Oct 2025HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Training and DisciplineThe noble Lord raises a very important point. Going back to the question from the noble Viscount, leadership—understanding performance and showing leadership—is extremely…16 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI am grateful to the right reverend Prelate. It is really important that those of different faiths from the Jewish community stand with them and express their solidarity and…15 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI am grateful. I condemn all those actions that the noble Lord mentioned in his contribution. It is a worry as to how that has manifested itself, and that is a long-term issue…15 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI am grateful to the noble Baroness. I am starting from the basis that protest is legitimate—and that can be protest on a range of issues. People can march and protest and make…15 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI hope my noble friend will accept that I find it very sad to hear her initial comments relating to her daughter. No child should have to go to school to be faced with people who…15 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI am grateful for the approach taken by His Majesty’s loyal Opposition and by colleagues from the Liberal Democrat Benches and for their condemnation of what is an evil act of…15 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI am grateful to my noble friend. As chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee of both Houses of Parliament, he will have access to information that gives greater detail…15 Oct 2025HANSARDRefugee Family Reunion SchemeAs my noble friend will guess from the questions I have had to date, we paused the family reunion scheme on 4 September pending a review, and we expect to bring forward proposals…14 Oct 2025HANSARDRefugee Family Reunion SchemeWe have had a lot of discussion over the last couple of days on the immigration Bill about the question of what forms a relative. Amendments have been proposed to the Bill that…14 Oct 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillI thought I had answered that, but if I have not answered that to the extent that I thought, I will reflect on what we have said in Hansard and will ensure that, before the next…14 Oct 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.14 Oct 2025HANSARDRefugee Family Reunion SchemeThe advice I would give is that there are a number of routes that individuals can apply to in order to exercise their right to join their family. Those routes are available and…14 Oct 2025HANSARDRefugee Family Reunion SchemeAgain, I do not wish to pre-empt the review that is taking place. We are looking at what the reasons are. The growth has occurred over the last three to four years. That might…14 Oct 2025HANSARDDeprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) BillThere is no more important task for any Government than to keep their citizens safe, and this Bill will form an important part of the Government’s ability to do just that. I…14 Oct 2025HANSARDRefugee Family Reunion SchemeThis suspension is temporary while the Government undertake a review and reform of the current family reunion rules to ensure we have a fair and properly balanced system. We…14 Oct 2025HANSARDRefugee Family Reunion SchemeI am grateful to the right reverend Prelate. Anybody in the system as of 4 September will still have the same approach to asylum and family reunion claims that applied prior to…14 Oct 2025HANSARDRefugee Family Reunion SchemeI say to my noble friend, who I very much respect on these issues, that, as he knows, between January 2015 and June 2025, 83,179 family reunion visas were granted. In 2024, nearly…14 Oct 2025