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HANSARDIranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsI thank my noble friend for his analysis.23 May 2023HANSARDIranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsI absolutely join the UN rapporteur in condemning those executions.23 May 2023HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Extraction of information from electronic devices) (Amendment of Schedule 3) Regulations 2023I am coming to that. There is a digital evidence programme, because the Government are determined to address the challenges associated with selectively extracting, analysing and…22 May 2023HANSARDFormer Chief Constables: Gross MisconductI hope very soon. The noble Lord is also aware that there are a large number of things that I absolutely cannot say—a point I have reinforced from the Dispatch Box on a number of…22 May 2023HANSARDFormer Chief Constables: Gross MisconductMy Lords, since 2020-21, the Home Office has substantially increased the data that it collects and publishes on police misconduct as part of the police misconduct in England and…22 May 2023HANSARDFormer Chief Constables: Gross MisconductMy Lords, the law is not being flouted. Arrangements for the misconduct hearing of the former Cleveland chief constable Mike Veale are a matter for the Cleveland PCC and not the…22 May 2023HANSARDFormer Chief Constables: Gross MisconductI join the noble Lord in praising my noble friend’s commendable tenacity on this subject. Regarding the circumstances the noble Lord describes, I was not aware of them. Of course,…22 May 2023HANSARDFormer Chief Constables: Gross MisconductI thank my noble friend for his praise, which is very welcome. I remember that debate in Grand Committee and I am afraid I did not ignore his suggestion; I dismissed it. In fact,…22 May 2023HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Extraction of information from electronic devices) (Amendment of Schedule 3) Regulations 2023I thank the noble Lord very much for that. On the progress being made on recommendation 5 of the HMICFRS report, which relates to budgets and the funding of digital forensics, we…22 May 2023HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Extraction of information from electronic devices) (Amendment of Schedule 3) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Extraction of information from electronic devices) (Amendment of Schedule 3) Regulations…22 May 2023HANSARDFormer Chief Constables: Gross MisconductMy Lords, as the noble Baroness is aware, we have conducted a two-part review of PCCs. The second part is due to be enacted soon.22 May 2023HANSARDFormer Chief Constables: Gross MisconductThe noble Lord makes a very good point. As he knows, in the case he describes, the usual and correct procedure was not followed in that county. I am very pleased it has finally…22 May 2023HANSARDFormer Chief Constables: Gross MisconductObviously that strays well outside the remit of this Question and the department, but I will make sure that the noble Lord’s reflections are taken back to the appropriate people.22 May 2023HANSARDFormer Chief Constables: Gross MisconductMany noble Lords have raised similar, very good points in recent debates. I shared this opinion with my noble friend Lord Lexden when we met last week. Having said that, there…22 May 2023HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Extraction of information from electronic devices) (Amendment of Schedule 3) Regulations 2023My Lords, the extraction of information powers introduced in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 have provided a statutory basis for police and other authorised…22 May 2023HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Extraction of information from electronic devices) (Amendment of Schedule 3) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank both noble Lords who have spoken in this very short debate. I shall address all the questions asked of me shortly. Before I do that, I make the general point…22 May 2023HANSARDEquipment Theft (Prevention) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Blencathra for bringing forward this Private Member’s Bill to the House. I join him in paying tribute to Greg Smith MP in the other…19 May 2023HANSARDVagrancy Act 1824My Lords, as noble Lords know and as I have tried to explain, we are hard at work on coming up with a suitable replacement, which is not a like-for-like replacement of the…17 May 2023HANSARDVagrancy Act 1824I cannot specifically answer as regards all prison leavers. I know that a lot of work is being done with the rehabilitation of drug addicts in an effort to prevent recidivism. I…17 May 2023HANSARDLicensing Act 2003 (Liaison Committee Report)My Lords, I start by congratulating my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering on securing this important debate. I am very well aware of her long-standing interest in this topic.…17 May 2023