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HANSARDAnti-Semitism in the UKMy noble friend asks a number of questions which I am afraid impinge on the operational activities of the police. I am obviously not able to comment on those. On whether we are…21 Feb 2024HANSARDAnti-Semitism in the UKFirst, if I make a correct the record, I may have said three-year funding but I should have said two-year funding. If I mis-spoke, I apologise. On the points that the noble Lord…21 Feb 2024HANSARDAnti-Semitism in the UKMy Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their comments. On 19 February, my right honourable friend the Policing Minister made a very powerful Statement in the other place. He…21 Feb 2024HANSARDImmigration Rules and Border SecurityI am afraid that I do not have the statistics on trucks. If I may, I will write to the noble Lord.21 Feb 2024HANSARDImmigration Rules and Border SecurityTo answer the last question, I say that the date is soon. I am afraid that I cannot improve on that. They all require fact checking and a variety of other things. In terms of the…21 Feb 2024HANSARDImmigration Rules and Border SecurityI thank the noble Lord for his questions, and I will do my best to answer them all. I can reassure anyone from the public who happens to be watching: Border Force performs checks…21 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife Crime: Violence Reduction UnitsMy Lords, I referenced earlier that there is some new funding. The London Metropolitan Police, for example, will receive an additional £8 million this year and the City of London…20 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife Crime: Violence Reduction UnitsI was not making the case that it was an add-on or an extra; I was saying that future funding beyond 2025 will be dependent on the needs of the VRUs and the outcome of future…20 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife Crime: Violence Reduction UnitsI thank my noble friend for that question. Part of the funding for VRUs has to be allocated towards evaluation, but an independent evaluation programme shows that, alongside the…20 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife Crime: Violence Reduction UnitsAgain, the noble Baroness raises a good point. I think it is important to collect the statistics as accurately and in as granular a way as possible. So I would perhaps mildly…20 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife Crime: Violence Reduction UnitsAs I have already outlined, we have already committed over £110 million since 2019 across the country. Of course, we want to see VRUs continue to operate beyond the end of 2025;…20 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife Crime: Violence Reduction UnitsOn the noble Lord’s latter point, I agree, which is one of the reasons the Home Office has invested £200 million in the youth endowment fund, to which I have already referred. As…20 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife Crime: Violence Reduction UnitsYes, again, the noble Baroness raises a very good point. She is right, of course, that London has particular problems in this area. The activities of certain violence reduction…20 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife Crime: Violence Reduction UnitsThe noble Baroness raises an interesting point. Of course, we keep all knife legislation under review, and noble Lords will be aware that moves have been made recently to ban, for…20 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife Crime: Violence Reduction UnitsMy Lords, the violence reduction units deliver a range of preventive work with and for communities, as I outlined in the previous two answers to my noble friend Lord Bailey. That…20 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife Crime: Violence Reduction UnitsMy Lords, since 2019, the Home Office has provided over £43 million to develop and run London’s violence reduction unit, which includes an investment of £9.5 million in 2023-24.…20 Feb 2024HANSARDKnife Crime: Violence Reduction UnitsMy Lords, the Home Office has commissioned a multiyear independent evaluation to assess the impact of violence reduction units on the most serious forms of violence and their…20 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillWell, my Lords, I recollect the discussion last week between the noble and learned Lord and my noble friend Lord Wolfson. I think my noble friend pointed out that the right to…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillAs far as I understand it, that is the case. On a point that we will debate further in relation to Amendment 76A tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Purvis of Tweed, and the noble…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the independent monitoring committee was established on 2 September 2022 under the terms of the initial memorandum of understanding. Its role has subsequently been…19 Feb 2024