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HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeThat I cannot answer but, as I said, in the national picture, the fact is that we have more officers identifying as ethnic minorities than ever before.02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeThe noble Baroness is right to talk about specialist skills and experience. I do not recognise the 9,000 number: as I have said repeatedly this afternoon, we have record numbers…02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeMy Lords, the noble Lord is quite right. I am sorry if I seemed to evade the question. The simple fact of the matter is that I cannot comment on the strategy because I have not…02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeThe fraud strategy will be published this week.02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeThe Government’s support for Sir Mark Rowley has been very clear indeed, and I am happy to wish him very well in his endeavours over the coming months. He has a very large set of…02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeI say to the noble Baroness that, again, that is an invitation to comment on operational policing matters, which depend very much on local circumstances. However, 91% of all…02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeMy noble friend makes some solid points. It is undeniable that some of the incidents which have been seen over the past few years, and which are coming to light now, are a…02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeMy Lords, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place: “With permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a Statement about the Government’s police uplift programme. Today is a…02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeMy Lords, in fact there are more policemen than under the last Labour Government: 3,542 more, to be precise. The fact is that demand for policing has changed since 2010, which is…02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeMy noble friend makes some very good points. Obviously, as she would expect me to say, these are matters for local police forces themselves. However, I absolutely take the point,…02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeThe noble Lord asks a question which I cannot answer at the moment. I will endeavour to find out those statistics and I would hope that some of those questions about resourcing…02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeMy Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their comments. Since I arrived in your Lordships’ House, every debate and Question has been a demand for more from the Government—money,…02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeI am sorry if I sounded complacent to the noble Lord. It was really just a reflection on the statistics of this, as with any normal distribution—the noble Lord will know how…02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeThe picture that the noble Lord paints is obviously concerning. I will say that this is not a marginal uplift but a substantial uplift. As regards specific circumstances in…02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeMy noble friend will be aware that, as I said in answer to the previous question, these are operational matters for chief constables and police and crime commissioners—and, of…02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeMy Lords, the noble Baroness asks me to comment on operational policing matters. I have talked a bit about neighbourhood policing activities; I have also, on a number of…02 May 2023HANSARDPolice Uplift ProgrammeI hope that I have gone into reasonable detail about the standards of vetting that are required and expected. I also point out that there were 10 applicants for every job, which…02 May 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyAbsolutely; I shall get my abacus out. I turn to Amendment 101 on senior managers’ liability for failing to prevent economic crime, also tabled by my noble and learned friend Lord…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate TransparencyMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles of Berkhamsted, and my noble friend Lady Morgan of Cotes for their amendments on failure to prevent economic crime, and all noble…27 Apr 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency27 Apr 2023