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HANSARDPolicing and CrimeI have to make some progress. The Government decided in the last election that their policing pledge was crucial. Their manifesto uses the word “police” a couple of dozen…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPolicing and CrimeI thank my hon. Friend for that important intervention. The Government have said they will establish violence reduction units, which is another Labour policy, but in their…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPolicing and CrimeI am familiar with my hon. Friend’s part of London and I share her regret that the amount of visible policing on the ground has lessened because of Government cuts.29 Jan 2020HANSARDPolicing and CrimeI beg to move, That this House notes that since 2010 police officer numbers have been reduced by almost 21,000; further notes that some violent crime, including knife crime, has…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPolicing and CrimeI am coming to a close. Crime, particularly violent crime, is a tragedy for the victims of crime but it is also traumatic for the mothers and families of the perpetrators of…29 Jan 2020HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceFacial recognition technology is potentially an important crime-fighting tool, but not without the correct safeguards, and the Minister has failed to persuade the House thus far…27 Jan 2020HANSARDPrevent ProgrammeThe Minister will be aware that guidance issued by the counter-terrorism police on extremist ideologies as part of the Prevent programme did include Extinction Rebellion. He is…22 Jan 2020HANSARDPrevent Programme( Urgent Question ): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to make a statement on the Home Office’s oversight of the police in their operation of the Prevent…22 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportI am glad to have the opportunity to respond to this very important debate. Above all, I want to say to the survivors and the relatives of the dead of Grenfell that they are not…21 Jan 2020HANSARDEU Settlement SchemeThe Minister will be aware of the genuine concern among EU nationals, their families and their employers about the workings of the EU settlement scheme. He will also be aware, as…28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexI thank the Home Secretary for advance sight of her statement. The events in Essex are a tragic loss of life. All death is regrettable, but this was a particularly gruesome and…28 Oct 2019HANSARDMajor Incident in EssexI thank the Home Secretary for early sight of her statement. Any death under these circumstances is truly appalling. The fact that there are 39 reported deaths in this incident…23 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI need to make progress, because I must leave time for those on the Treasury Bench. The Government need to understand just how disappointed and frightened the Windrush victims…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI would like to begin by saying how pleased I am to speak from the shadow Front Bench in this important debate on our public services. Outside of time of war, there is no more…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesTrophy hunting—I have already said that. It is clear from the Queen’s Speech and, possibly more important, the media briefing about it, that the Conservative party intends to run…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesThe Government will be found out. It is because I am confident that the public will understand how they have been failed on public services that I am confident Labour will win the…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI have a great deal of respect for the right hon. Lady, and I would have hoped that she would do better than that. It was not enough money. That is why we did not vote for that…16 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe Foreign Secretary has not mentioned the fact that there are over 600,000 more women and girls in poverty now than in 2010. I gently say to him that I was a Member of this…02 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsHow much more dismissive can the Foreign Secretary be of people and families dependent on benefits? We are not talking about a spending spree; we are talking about a system that…02 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsIf I may continue, uninterrupted! Last week, my hon. Friend the Member for Dewsbury (Paula Sherriff) raised the very specific issue of how many of the hundreds of abusive and…02 Oct 2019