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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is a concern that many Members in the House share. The Crime and Policing Bill will give the police powers to seize vehicles being used antisocially. I am happy to have a…15 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe need to ensure that our police officers are given the best support that they can be given through the Police Federation, which is the vehicle by which they are supported…15 Sept 2025HANSARDShopliftingShop theft hit a record high in the last year of the previous Government, but our Crime and Policing Bill will remove the effective immunity for shop thefts under £200. We are…15 Sept 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs: National InquiryThe process of selecting a respected and independent chair for the national inquiry into group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse is under way. A dedicated victims and…15 Sept 2025HANSARDShopliftingWe need to protect retail workers, and we need to do more to tackle shop theft. As I have just outlined, we are doing just that. I am very sorry that the hon. Lady’s constituents…15 Sept 2025HANSARDFrontline Policing: BureaucracyI am sorry that my hon. Friend’s police and crime commissioner is not doing what is needed. We need to empower the police to be out doing what they do best, not creating barriers…15 Sept 2025HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourAntisocial behaviour is pernicious wherever it happens. Of course, we need to ensure that the police have the right resources. As the Home Secretary said, police allocation…15 Sept 2025HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourI am happy to take that question on board. I have spoken to the heads of all the violence reduction units across the country today, and it is clear that some of the most important…15 Sept 2025HANSARDFrontline Policing: BureaucracyThe Government are committed to tackling bureaucracy and are investing tens of millions of pounds this year in technology to get officers on to the frontline. That includes…15 Sept 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs: National InquiryFor the sake of the victims, who we all think about today, we must ensure that we get this right. There were multiple issues with the chair at the start of Baroness Jay’s inquiry,…15 Sept 2025HANSARDFrontline Policing: BureaucracyWe need to ensure that the police are doing what we need them to be doing, and that they are out on the streets solving crime and not tied up in red tape. That is absolutely…15 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Data Protection Act 2018 (Qualifying Competent Authorities) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Data Protection Act 2018 (Qualifying Competent Authorities) Regulations 2025. It is a pleasure to serve under your…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Data Protection Act 2018 (Qualifying Competent Authorities) Regulations 2025I thank the right hon. Member for that intervention. As a couple of Members have asked about it, I was just coming to the point about the duration of time that these powers are…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Data Protection Act 2018 (Qualifying Competent Authorities) Regulations 2025I thank hon. Members and hon. Friends for a detailed inspection of this SI. It is right and proper that that inspection should happen; that is the point of democracy and I welcome…09 Sept 2025HANSARDSpeciality Steel UK: InsolvencyI thank my hon. Friend for his words, and particularly his thanks to officials in the Department, who are brilliant; I work with them very closely, and they have not had many…02 Sept 2025HANSARDSpeciality Steel UK: InsolvencyI would like to make a statement regarding the insolvency of Speciality Steel UK Ltd, which is part of the Liberty Steel Group. Hon. Members will have seen that the High Court…02 Sept 2025HANSARDSpeciality Steel UK: InsolvencyNavantia, which is building three ships, has recently entered into a contract to use Liberty’s steel; that relates to the Dalzell plant in Scotland, so it is unaffected by the…02 Sept 2025HANSARDSpeciality Steel UK: InsolvencyWe talked before Parliament returned about how we can support Llanwern and the work done there. My hon. Friend is right that this is a difficult time for the steel industry. There…02 Sept 2025HANSARDSpeciality Steel UK: InsolvencyThe official receiver is independent. Of course, we are very interested in this, and are keeping in close touch with the receiver on what comes out of this. The hon. Member’s idea…02 Sept 2025HANSARDSpeciality Steel UK: InsolvencyI thank my hon. Friend for pointing out the failings of the Opposition, which we all understand very well. On the pension issue, I recognise the concern that people will have. We…02 Sept 2025