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HANSARDFacial Recognition TechnologyI have had those conversations with the Met Commissioner because I have heard exactly the same thing from members of the serious violence taskforce and officers on the beat in my…10 Jun 2019HANSARDFacial Recognition TechnologyI can confirm to the hon. Lady that, across a substantial range of technology requirements for the police, the Home Secretary and I are considering the funding requirements of the…10 Jun 2019HANSARDFacial Recognition TechnologyMy right hon. Friend has a long track record in this area. He is entirely right to raise the sensitivity in finding the right balance between security and civil liberties. On the…10 Jun 2019HANSARDFacial Recognition TechnologyFacial recognition technology can help the police to do their job. It must be right to support trials of this rapidly improving technology, but given its sensitivity it must also…10 Jun 2019HANSARDFirefighters: Health ScreeningThe health and wellbeing of firefighters is of huge concern to the Home Office and to the sector leaders we are working with to support further progress in this area. As the hon.…10 Jun 2019HANSARD Cost of Policing FootballIt is a huge pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone, and to respond to a debate secured by the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough (Gill…04 Jun 2019HANSARD Licensing in DurhamIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Sir Christopher. I congratulate the hon. Member for City of Durham (Dr Blackman-Woods) on securing this debate. In a…15 May 2019HANSARD Licensing in DurhamI think that was clear. I am sure that that message will get through loud and clear to the hon. Lady’s constituents, to residents and to the council through the attention that…15 May 2019HANSARD Licensing in DurhamI will certainly try to address both issues for the hon. Lady. Late-night opening raises issues, tensions, and competing and sometimes conflicting interests between those who are…15 May 2019HANSARD Facial Recognition and the Biometrics StrategyIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. It was a wrench to come out of the climate change debate in the Chamber, but the debate here has shown that…01 May 2019HANSARD Facial Recognition and the Biometrics StrategyI will come to that point, because I know it was a particular focus of the Committee, but first I want to conclude my remarks on facial recognition. The police have…01 May 2019HANSARD Facial Recognition and the Biometrics StrategyI understand that point. Although I technically do not lead on this area in the Home Office, in the context of another meeting with many of the chiefs directly involved, I have…01 May 2019HANSARD Rape Victims: Disclosure of EvidenceI congratulate the hon. Lady on her success in the marathon, and on fundraising for a very valuable charity. She is right that the volume of rape prosecutions has fallen. I have…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Rape Victims: Disclosure of EvidenceThe right hon. Gentleman, with his experience as a Minister, knows that what represents a reasonable line of inquiry is an investigative matter for the police, and that although…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Rape Victims: Disclosure of EvidenceThe requirement on the police in relation to transparency already exists. On the guidance, again, I make it clear to the hon. Gentleman and to the House that the Director of…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Rape Victims: Disclosure of EvidenceI certainly do not want that outcome, and neither does anyone else in this House. That would be a retrograde step. My instinct is to check the facts and look at the impact…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Rape Victims: Disclosure of EvidenceMr Speaker— [Interruption.] Not now, mother. There is widespread recognition that disclosure in criminal cases must be improved. As the right hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Rape Victims: Disclosure of EvidenceI thank the right hon. Lady for her questions. She is of course absolutely right to describe rape as a heinous crime. She is also right to remind the House that there is nothing…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Rape Victims: Disclosure of EvidenceThe right hon. Gentleman has served in the Government, so he knows that we sometimes have to wrestle with difficult balances. There is an extremely difficult balance to be struck…29 Apr 2019HANSARD Rape Victims: Disclosure of EvidenceMy hon. Friend is entirely right. We all know how attached we, our friends and our children are to the mobile phone. It plays a fundamental role in our lives, and the prospect of…29 Apr 2019