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HANSARD Crime and Policing BillHe is not a toolmaker, no. Tool theft is completely out of control, and I know the impact it has on people’s lives. Research from Direct Line shows that 45,000 tool thefts were…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillOne of the things we were doing was putting record funding into policing and putting a record number of police on the streets. The one thing we were not doing was taxing our…18 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI could not agree more. A small minority wreak havoc on our countryside and our streets, and create absolute chaos. That is what this amendment is about: tougher sanctions to…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI welcome lots of the measures in the Bill and I hope they will really help our police officers to keep our streets safe, but the police need the resource, funding and support to…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am glad to see all those police officers getting proper training through the hon. Gentleman’s maths teaching. I am glad he has new recruits in his part of the world, but people…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI would like to express my appreciation to all those who have worked on the legislation to develop and shape the policies, whether they be the majority developed under the…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI wholeheartedly agree. There are a lot of concerns about the neighbourhood policing guarantee and where the resource comes from: whether it is through specials or volunteers—of…17 Jun 2025HANSARDPolice Presence on High StreetsIt is incredibly important that whatever money councils have is put to good use. In Stockton, we have terrible examples: people being flown abroad to watch shows to scout for…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseYarm is being battered by Stockton’s Labour council’s rush to build far too many houses far too fast in all the wrong places. It is placing unbearable pressure on our roads,…05 Jun 2025HANSARDPolice Presence on High StreetsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. I thank the hon. Member for Birmingham Erdington (Paulette Hamilton) for securing this important debate and for her…05 Jun 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingSix of Britain’s most senior police officers have warned that the Government’s actions are making it harder to keep our streets safe. From the damaging jobs tax to releasing…02 Jun 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingWe did not get to whether Mark Rowley was right or wrong, and I notice that the Home Secretary forgot to mention the hundreds of millions being gobbled up by Labour’s jobs tax, or…02 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. Littering from vehicles remains one of the most persistent and visible forms of environmental degradation on UK roads.…13 May 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. New clause 50 would amend the Children Act 1989 by inserting a new section 2A to suspend parental responsibility for any…13 May 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 47 National statutory inquiry into grooming gangs “(1) The Secretary of State must, within 3…13 May 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The Opposition believe that the Sexual Offences Act 2003 falls short in not addressing sexual relationships between first…13 May 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This new clause would empower the Secretary of State to require revisions to any code of practice, policy, guidance or…13 May 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause would introduce a new aggravating factor into sentencing decisions for child sexual abuse offences under the…13 May 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause seeks to amend the Sentencing Act 2020 to ensure that the starting point for sentencing anyone convicted of…13 May 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.13 May 2025