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HANSARDReforming Pre-charge BailIn February of last year, this Government launched a consultation seeking views on reforming pre-charge bail. A number of cases had highlighted that the existing system was not…14 Jan 2021HANSARDGroup-based Child Sexual ExploitationToday I am publishing a paper on the characteristics of group-based child sexual exploitation, which was prompted by high-profile cases of sexual grooming in towns including…15 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his comments. He mentioned Windrush and the Department’s inefficiencies of the past, and there are a couple of points that I want to make.…14 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. Of course, the long-term answer is to work with the industry, as we are doing, to design out many of those problems. That is about the changing…14 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to raise the issue of online crime, online abuse and hate crime. Appalling and personal attacks are now prevalent across society. Associated with…14 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady has rightly highlighted how incredible, fantastic and outstanding our universities are in this country. We are in a global competition when it comes to international…14 Dec 2020HANSARDPolice Officer NumbersIt is important for the House and the British public to know that this Government have put record levels of funding into the police, and that this Government, this Prime Minister…14 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is absolutely right that we have made changes to our immigration rules. I hope the hon. Gentleman recognises that when it comes to illegal migration and the issues that we…14 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to point to and highlight the devastating impact of drugs such as Monkey Dust. I have visited his constituents in the past and we discussed…14 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right—this programme is incredibly late on delivery and well over budget. In fact, the House has given this programme a great deal of scrutiny, and…14 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and I pay tribute to those individuals who have served our country. I think it is important that the hon. Gentleman knows and the House is…14 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right: the Immigration Minister did have meetings. He will understand that the Government are rightly looking at and reviewing the needs of the agricultural…14 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise his concerns. He has raised the issue of crime and the implications of disorder for his local community, and he is right to do so. I…14 Dec 2020HANSARDPolice Officer NumbersThe Government have a clear commitment to recruit 20,000 police officers by March 2023. Thanks to the strong commitment we have had from all forces across England and Wales, we…14 Dec 2020HANSARDPolice Officer NumbersI can assure my hon. Friend that Avon and Somerset has all the resources needed to recruit the number of police officers that it needs. We have asked it to recruit 137; it has…14 Dec 2020HANSARDPolice Officer NumbersI absolutely commend the police and crime commissioner for Kent, Matthew Scott, but I also thank and pay tribute to the chief constable. This is a joint effort. Having been out in…14 Dec 2020HANSARDPolice Officer NumbersMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to bang the drum for the London Borough of Sutton. Of course, he will know that the Metropolitan police has been allocated an additional 1,369…14 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman can carry on with his belittling personal attacks, which will actually make me more determined than ever to deliver on the issues that I am focused on and the…14 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Windrush generation helped build the Britain we know and love today. The Windrush compensation scheme is a key part of our efforts to right the wrongs they endured. Today I am…14 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that. He will know the strength of support I have for Thames Valley police force in particular and the exceptional work they have done and do. I commend…14 Dec 2020