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HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am very happy to direct the noble Baroness towards Defra’s costings on this. You have to take account of all sorts of factors, including debt that you inherit as well as the…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDJobs MarketI thank the noble Lord for raising that interesting proposal. I do not know the detail of it, so I would have to take it away. However, that is very much what we are doing with an…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, for tabling the amendment, the noble Earl, Lord Russell, for moving it, and the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI just ask the noble Baroness to come to her conclusion—05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I apologise, but the noble Baroness has just said that she was not in her place at the start of the group. Really, she should not be speaking to the group if she was not…05 Feb 2026HANSARDJobs MarketWe are working across government to monitor the impact of AI and support job creation, providing skills training for those facing disruption. Just last week, the Technology…05 Feb 2026HANSARDJobs MarketI am, of course, very much a glass-half-full type of person, but one of the core reforms that the Government put through in the Employment Rights Act was to ensure that zero-hours…05 Feb 2026HANSARDJobs MarketMy Lords, I share the noble Lord’s sentiment about the importance of the dignity of work, but unemployment is a long-term trend, both here and across the G7, and it has been…05 Feb 2026