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HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Misconduct and MisogynyAgain, the noble Baroness is right: it is not right that these people get transferred across forces. I think I have outlined in previous questions the large number of people who…02 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Misconduct and MisogynyMy Lords, I think I have outlined the current system; that is all I am doing. I am not saying that the Government are not very concerned by this report, but the simple fact of the…02 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Misconduct and MisogynyMy Lords, it is a matter for individual forces. I am pleased that the HMICFRS report and its recommendations have been accepted in full. The National Police Chiefs’ Council chair…02 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Misconduct and MisogynyI obviously cannot answer that. I do not know if it was a good idea or not. The fact remains that the recruitment drive, as part of the police uplift programme, is delivering a…02 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Misconduct and MisogynyAs my noble friend will be aware, and as we debated extensively earlier this week, police and crime commissioners, along with chief constables, are responsible for setting out…02 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Misconduct and MisogynyI have no idea what the Prime Minister knew or did not know.02 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Misconduct and MisogynyNot as far as I am aware, but I defer to the noble Lord’s specialist knowledge on this subject and I will take the question back to the Home Office.02 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Misconduct and MisogynyThat is the way the system is currently set up. As I say, the Home Office is not trying to absolve itself in this regard, but the fact remains that the vetting processes, which…02 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Misconduct and MisogynyI am not entirely sure I share the noble Lord’s analysis of the quality problem. The fact is that a new online application process has been introduced, replacing an old assessment…02 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Misconduct and MisogynyI am afraid I do not know; I cannot answer my noble friend.02 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Misconduct and MisogynyIt is, and I agree with the noble Lord entirely that it is completely unacceptable to have those people in our police forces. The fact is that the chiefs need to take immediate…02 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Misconduct and MisogynyI thank the noble Lord for his Question. This report contains extremely concerning findings about policing culture and vetting processes, which are falling short of the standards…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNational SecurityI thank my noble friend for that question. As he says, I think I have already partially answered it. The NCSC has helped UK institutions and organisations better understand the…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNational SecurityI thank my noble friend for that question. I am afraid I will again answer at some length, because the subject of cyber resilience is at the heart of what he, and indeed the noble…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNational SecurityMy Lords, I cannot answer that specifically. I have seen that report and have read a variety of newspaper reports with mounting alarm, as I am sure the noble Lord has. I think the…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNational SecurityI thank the right reverend Prelate for that suggestion; I will read that speech, which to date I have not. He invites me to stray into areas where I would prefer not to go. There…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNational SecurityI am pleased to be able to reassure my noble friend that I can. I am going to give a long answer, for which I hope the House will be forgiving, because this is important. In 2019,…02 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillThat it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House to which the Public Order Bill has been committed that they consider the Bill in the following order: Clauses 1 to…01 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillI agree, of course, with my noble friend and I am sure we will come on to that subject in some detail later. In its report on the policing of protests, His Majesty’s Inspectorate…01 Nov 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, the duty of any Government is to protect the safety and interests of the law-abiding majority. This means working to prevent and reduce crime, giving the police the…01 Nov 2022