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HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioner Review: Concluding Part One.I am pleased to set out to the House findings from the first part of our two-part review into the role of police and crime commissioners (PCCs). The Government’s manifesto…16 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI am actually not aware of that workstream being cancelled or the letter, so I would be more than happy to come back to the House and follow up with the right hon. Gentleman and…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenI thank the hon. Lady for her remarks and for her sentiment on the tragic death of Sarah Everard. If I may, I will come back on a number of points. The hon. Lady is absolutely…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenMy hon. Friend is right, and I again pay tribute to everybody who has worked on that landmark Bill, which will lead to the protection of more women and children from domestic…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenWith permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the tragic death of Sarah Everard and the events of Saturday evening. I would like to begin by saying that my…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his comments, but at a time when the country is mourning a significant loss and there are moments of great unity, I am quite sorry to hear his…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for her work and leadership around domestic abuse and violence against women and girls. She is absolutely right that the Domestic Abuse Bill…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenI thank my hon. Friend for her comments and her questions. She is of course absolutely right; this is a collective effort, for everyone to be part of shaping future strategy,…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenThe right hon. Lady is absolutely right about the points that she has been raising and the measures at large. There is something about perpetrators and their serial offending that…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenI thank my hon. Friend for his comments and his practical suggestions. We are doing a lot on CCTV, and we do have the Safer Streets fund, which he will be very aware of. He has…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenI understand the sentiments that the hon. Lady is raising on behalf of her constituents and obviously recognise the constituency that she represents and the terrible, tragic…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I would like to pay tribute to her for all her work and campaigning on this particular issue. Of course, she is absolutely right that this…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenThe right hon. Gentleman is right in the sense that those scenes were distressing and upsetting. There is no question about that at all, and I have already spoken about the…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Much of what we are discussing right now speaks to greater assurance and public confidence in the criminal justice system and of course, as…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenI will not go over my comments about the police on Saturday evening. Those points have been made. I absolutely disagree with what the hon. Lady said, but we will discuss it…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenI thank my right hon. Friend for his remarks—his point was well made. I, too, have been written to by many police officers expressing very similar sentiments from their own…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenI think this is an important moment for this House and for all colleagues when it comes to Domestic Abuse Bill measures, which have been extensively debated in the House. The…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenI thank my hon. Friend for his question and for the sentiment that he has shared with the House this afternoon. I agree entirely with his comments. Alongside that, of course, he…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenThe hon. Gentleman’s comments are very strong, but in response to his question, he knows, and the House knows, that I have commissioned a report from the inspectorate of…15 Mar 2021HANSARDPolicing and Prevention of Violence against WomenMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. To be very frank, I was quite surprised when I heard that was the position that the Opposition were taking. This is a criminal justice Bill. It…15 Mar 2021