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HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanI will certainly look back at and read that report, which I very much welcome. It relates to some of the wider questions about nationally significant events and how SAGs operate.…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanAs far as I am aware, UEFA was not in the SAG meeting. Of course, there would have been conversations with Villa, which ultimately had to make the decisions. It is a complicated…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanI was in Birmingham last week to launch our winter of action: police working in our town centres and closely with retailers and other organisations to stamp down on and prevent…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanPolicing by consent is the bedrock of our policing, and I think everybody across the House would agree with that—those Peel principles drive everything we want our police to do.…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanOf course, the mistakes that have clearly been made played out in the evidence to the right hon. Member’s Select Committee. The mistake about that particular match does seem to be…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanThe Cabinet Office is updating the guidance on safety advisory groups and it is looking at exactly those kinds of issues. There is a wider point about the need to reference,…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanI very much hope that through the processes I have listed—the HMICFRS review into what happens to police intelligence and the advice feeding into safety advisory groups, the wider…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanThe right hon. Gentleman knows that I cannot tell him the motivation for any of the decisions that were made. The Prime Minister’s clear view is that the decision made by the…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanMy hon. Friend raises an interesting point. She might not be the MP directly in the area but, as the Member for Erdington, she has a very close interest in this matter. The safety…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanI remind the House that the Prime Minister’s view and the view of this Government is that the decision taken was the wrong one. The Prime Minister was very clear about that from…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanThere are a number of questions we need to think about. The safety advisory groups were set up many years ago and in a different context, so it is right that we look at the way in…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanI thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this urgent question. I know that he will have watched proceedings at the Home Affairs Committee with interest. Of course, it will be for…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanLet me again acknowledge the concern and disappointment caused by the decision to ban away fans at Villa Park on 6 November. I recognise the continued strength of feeling in this…08 Dec 2025HANSARDFIFA Men's Football World Cup 2026: Licensing HoursI am pleased to launch a consultation on extending licensing hours in England and Wales for the semi-finals and final of the FIFA men’s football world cup next summer, contingent…04 Dec 2025HANSARDBiometrics, Facial Recognition and Similar Technologies in Law Enforcement: Legal FrameworkThe Government are committed to giving the police the tools, clarity and confidence they need to keep the public safe in a fast-changing world. Facial recognition technology is…04 Dec 2025HANSARD Catapults and Antisocial BehaviourIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I congratulate the hon. and gallant Member for Spelthorne (Lincoln Jopp) on securing the debate. There is clearly a…02 Dec 2025HANSARD Catapults and Antisocial BehaviourThey are very much not a burden or a nuisance; they are doing their civic duty, for which we are very grateful, and we encourage them to continue to do so. Reporting is absolutely…02 Dec 2025HANSARD Catapults and Antisocial BehaviourThe hon. and gallant Member is absolutely right; people can, and I would encourage them to do that. Respect orders are part of the legislation that we are bringing in. We do not…02 Dec 2025HANSARD Bike Theft: LoughboroughIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Mr Stringer, and to take part in this debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Loughborough (Dr…25 Nov 2025HANSARD Maccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanWe were not fully briefed in advance of the decision; we were told when the decision was made. As we have already said, we knew that options were being considered. This is the way…24 Nov 2025