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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe officer maintenance grant, which kept the uplift in officer numbers, became a barrier to more visible policing, and actually the number of PCSOs halved under the previous…09 Feb 2026HANSARDPolice Services: In-person AccessAbsolutely. Of course people are worried about having access to police officers, particularly when they need them. That is why we are introducing targets to ensure that the…09 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes a good point. We need to make sure that we are paying our police well, which we have done through a pay uplift, and looking after them. The number of police…09 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am that dedicated Minister. It is my job to tackle knife crime; it is what I have campaigned on for many years. I am glad to say that we are having some success, but every knife…09 Feb 2026HANSARDPolicing: Rural AreasI thank my hon. Friend for representing his constituents and their very real problems. We are taking legislative action to tackle farm theft. We know that this scourge has been on…09 Feb 2026HANSARDPolicing: Rural AreasThe last two Budgets have seen police funding increase by £2 billion, and the public have not forgotten how the previous Conservative Government acted. They slashed police numbers…09 Feb 2026HANSARDPolice Services: In-person AccessEvery ward will have a named community officer whom people can get in touch with, which I think is the priority. The hon. Member talks about retail crime, which, as I have said,…09 Feb 2026HANSARD Animals in Science Regulation Unit: Annual Report 2024Thank you, Sir John, and I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. Of course we need to go as fast as we can. The strategy that the Government have published includes…03 Feb 2026HANSARDTown and City Centre SafetyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Derby South (Baggy Shanker) for his brilliant speech. Apart from anything else, I…03 Feb 2026HANSARD Animals in Science Regulation Unit: Annual Report 2024I thank my hon. Friend for jumping on something I have said and holding me to account for it, which is very good. We had a similar debate to this one last week or the week before,…03 Feb 2026HANSARD Animals in Science Regulation Unit: Annual Report 2024I thank my hon. Friend for her persistence with me; I expect her to continue to be persistent. We can go faster with some things than others, and I will come on to the strategy…03 Feb 2026HANSARD Animals in Science Regulation Unit: Annual Report 2024It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I congratulate the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East (Seamus Logan) on securing this debate, and…03 Feb 2026HANSARD Animal TestingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Worsley and Eccles (Michael Wheeler), who has given us a powerful depiction of…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Animal TestingI will certainly take that question back to my colleagues who are implementing the strategy, and I have heard from other colleagues the call for a faster timeline. The science is…28 Jan 2026HANSARDPolice Funding Settlement 2026-27: England and WalesMy right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has today laid before the House the “Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2026-27” (HC 1638). The report sets out the Home Secretary’s…28 Jan 2026HANSARDGlasgow Safer Drug Consumption FacilityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow West (Patricia Ferguson) on securing this debate,…08 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are supporting and working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council on its new rural crime strategy, and we are working very closely with local police forces such as Thames…05 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will just repeat the statistic: 94% of the fall in officer headcount in 2024-25 came during the last four months of the previous Government. Total funding for 2026-27 is £18.3…05 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I think the hon. Gentleman knows, we have asked His Majesty’s inspectorate of constabulary and fire and rescue services to look at that and we are waiting to see what it has to…05 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right: 20% of offenders are responsible for 80% of crime. We need to ensure that repeat offenders are targeted, and that is what the police are doing. There is a…05 Jan 2026