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HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeNo, I will not give way; the right hon. Lady will have a chance to speak. [Interruption.] The right hon. Lady will have an opportunity to speak shortly. [Interruption.] If I may…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeI will give way shortly. While the right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) voted repeatedly against boosting police funding, we have given the…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeThe right hon. Lady is absolutely right. I will come onto the forthcoming economic crime Bill, which speaks very specifically not just about how we do better and more, but how we…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeMy hon. Friend is right. There are a number of points to make on that. I know that the Minister for Crime and Policing recently visited that team. First and foremost, when it…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. [Interruption.] I hear calls for more legislation from Labour Members, but, frankly, they also vote against all Government legislation. The hon.…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeMany of these issues are devolved matters, but this is such important work—a lot of good work is taking place through the integrated end-to-end approach, and also through the…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeNo, I will not give way. The right hon. Lady will have the chance to speak shortly and there are, I think, 32 Members wishing to speak in this debate.11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeI will not give way. The right hon. Lady will have the chance to speak shortly. Opposition parties voted against tougher sentences for killer drivers, greater powers to monitor…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeMy right hon. Friend is correct on this. I know that, for many years, he has been a champion of many of the reforms, some of which have been put in place. We have had part 1—the…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeThe right hon. Lady is absolutely right, and she will be aware of Operation Soteria, which does that. I will come on to wider support through the courts system and independent…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeI will not, because I need to make progress so that others can come in. The national security Bill provides us with powers to tackle state threats at an earlier stage by…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeIt is an honour to open today’s Queen’s Speech debate on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government. Keeping citizens safe is the first duty of any Government and, although it is not the…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeI will not; I am wrapping up. We await the Opposition’s plan to beat crime. We await their plan for a criminal justice system that protects victims and punishes the guilty. We…11 May 2022HANSARDPublic Order BillThe right to protest peacefully, for people to exercise their rights to freedom of speech and assembly, is a cornerstone of our democratic values and will always be defended by…11 May 2022HANSARDOperation of Terrorism Legislation in 2020Jonathan Hall QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, has prepared a report on the operation in 2020 of the Terrorism Acts. In accordance with section 36(5) of the…28 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. He knows of the strength of feeling about it among Front Benchers and others on our side of the House, which is why we have…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady will have heard the comments from the Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster), about work at the Passport Office. The hon. Lady…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend, as ever, is very clear. It is world-class and a world first, and we are proud of it. It is a partnership that our partners in Rwanda are proud of as well; they…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsFor Home Office officials who work on the scheme, there is guidance about dealing with different languages in the applications, but I am very happy to pick the matter up directly…25 Apr 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI commend Nottinghamshire police and their outstanding chief constable for all the work that the team have been doing. They have been really focusing on driving down crime through…25 Apr 2022