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HANSARDKnife CrimeThe hon. Gentleman thought that the way to tackle crime was to recruit more officers and put them behind desks, so I will not take any lessons from him. Stop and search is a…23 Mar 2026HANSARDIndependent Review of Public Order and Hate Crime LegislationI can tell my hon. Friend that although Lord Macdonald is working independently he has assured us that the review will come before the end of May, and we will respond before the…23 Mar 2026HANSARDIndependent Review of Public Order and Hate Crime LegislationMy hon. Friend asks for the timetable on the independent review of public order and hate crime legislation. He will know that this has been ongoing for some time—since the Heaton…23 Mar 2026HANSARDIndependent Review of Public Order and Hate Crime LegislationWe are always very happy to look at countries where good things are happening and learn those lessons, so I am very happy to do that.23 Mar 2026HANSARDPublic Order Legislation: Religious ExpressionThis Government are committed to building a strong and integrated society where people can express their religious identity without fear of harassment. Guidance is set out by the…23 Mar 2026HANSARDPublic Order Legislation: Religious ExpressionI join the hon. Gentleman in condemning the attack. The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that our British values of diversity, tolerance and freedom of religious belief are one…23 Mar 2026HANSARDShop TheftWe are giving the police the powers they need to bear down on shop theft, including making it a specific offence to assault retail workers and ending the effective immunity for…23 Mar 2026HANSARDShop TheftMy hon. Friend is completely right. That is why we are introducing a specific offence of assault on retail workers, which the previous Government were asked to do repeatedly but…23 Mar 2026HANSARDShop TheftI assure the hon. Gentleman that the Government are completely focused on fighting crime. In West Yorkshire—his area—100 additional officers will be in place by the end of March,…23 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs well as increasing the number of police officers on our streets and in our neighbourhoods, we are introducing respect orders to tackle antisocial behaviour. We are seeing shop…23 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are ensuring that each police force has the additional funding that it needs, and we are rolling out our target of 13,000 additional police officers. The hon. Gentleman asks an…23 Mar 2026HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourI think probably every Member has had cases where antisocial behaviour is ruining lives and it feels like the right action is not taken. In many cases, and certainly in mine, the…23 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think Boris Johnson closed a lot more front counters than Sadiq Khan has, but that is a different issue. We are putting more funding into frontline policing. We want police on…23 Mar 2026HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourI thank my hon. Friend for his campaigning and drawing attention to a significant issue in parts of the country, where its impact on wildlife and people seems to be on the rise. I…23 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, and we are looking at that issue as we speak, making sure that we strike the right balance. At the moment, there is a huge cost to policing from football matches and other…23 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. Rural waste crime is completely unacceptable; it is often driven by larger, serious organised criminal gangs, and we are determined to bear down…23 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis Government fund violence reduction units. Where we do not have them, our police and crime commissioners make sure that we are funding a raft of organisations that know what…23 Mar 2026HANSARDAngiolini Inquiry Part 3: Terms of ReferenceOn 7 February 2023, the Government published the terms of reference for part 3 of the Angiolini inquiry. Part 3 of the inquiry was commissioned to examine the career and conduct…16 Mar 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingI thank the hon. Member for that intervention. He may wish me to meet family members; if he thinks it appropriate and they want to, I am happy to do so. The onward sale of…23 Feb 2026HANSARDFirearms LicensingI will come to that. In short, I do not think that we should look at one thing at the expense of another at the same time. We are capable of tackling several things in several…23 Feb 2026