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HANSARDPolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Code H) Order 2023My Lords, this order was laid before this House on 12 December. Following the horrific terrorist attack at Fishmongers’ Hall in November 2019, the then Home Secretary commissioned…31 Jan 2023HANSARDNational Security BillThat the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 16, Schedule 1, Clauses 17 to 23, Schedule 2, Clause 24, Schedule 3,…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order Bill30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, I echo other noble Lords who said that this has been a wide-ranging and fascinating debate. As has been referenced and as noble Lords will be aware, through a free vote…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order Bill30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI did deal with that when I was talking a little about the tunnelling and locking-on offences. Why should the officer stand by and watch someone lock on or dig a tunnel that is…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillMy Lords, at Second Reading and in Committee there was much discussion on the meaning of “serious disruption”, and many noble Lords spoke to the need to provide a clear definition…30 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Order Bill30 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: Accountability ArrangementsMy Lords, the noble Lord is completely right. Paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act provides that any reference to the chief executive or…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: Accountability ArrangementsI reassure the noble Lord that I actually enjoy it enormously, but I am going to have to go back to my earlier comment that it would be inappropriate to comment further while the…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: Accountability ArrangementsMy Lords, I would have thought that councillors are also elected once every four years as a rule, so I am not sure what the difference is there. The fact is that police…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: Accountability ArrangementsMy Lords, they are disturbing; they are concerning; they are all of those things. I cannot say they are unacceptable at the moment because, unfortunately, the responsibility for…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: Accountability ArrangementsI am afraid I cannot answer that specific question, but I can and will say that the public profile of PCCs means they are scrutinised in a way that anonymous police authorities…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: Accountability ArrangementsI think I thank my noble friend for that. I am afraid I rather impotently have to go back to the comment I made earlier: it would be inappropriate to comment further while these…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: Accountability ArrangementsAs the noble Lord will be aware, after referencing a number of conversations that have been had in the House over the past few days, all of those things are happening with regard…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: Accountability ArrangementsMy Lords, the potential benefits and disbenefits of a recall mechanism were considered by the two-part review that I referenced in my Answer. It was decided that that would be to…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: Accountability ArrangementsMy Lords, I have to say—and it will not please my noble friend—that the misconduct hearing of Mike Veale, who is, as noted, the former chief constable of Cleveland, is a matter…25 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioners: Accountability ArrangementsMy Lords, the Government undertook a two-part review of police and crime commissioners, to strengthen their accountability and expand their role. Delivering these recommendations…25 Jan 2023HANSARDRape: Operation SoteriaAs the noble Baroness will be aware, that is part of the terms of reference of the review into dismissals that was announced last week, as I talked about at the Dispatch Box. It…23 Jan 2023HANSARDRape: Operation SoteriaAction is being taken on both of those things. The noble Lord is completely right about specialist knowledge, and this finding is now being applied in South Wales Police and the…23 Jan 2023