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HANSARDPolice Leadership Commission ReportThe national police service will set consistent standards and ensure that we have a national workforce strategy setting out exactly how many different people we need and in what…06 Jul 2026HANSARDPolice Leadership Commission ReportThere is no room in policing for anything other than for the police to do their job without fear or favour, and that involves treating everybody equally under the law. Where the…06 Jul 2026HANSARDPolice Leadership Commission ReportOn the right hon. Gentleman’s last point, there is a suggestion of targeted direct entry schemes at those levels, so there is an opportunity for that. The Government have not yet…06 Jul 2026HANSARDPolice Leadership Commission ReportThe hon. Lady speaks to one of the problems that I highlighted earlier, which is that in the main, fewer than three applicants apply for a chief constable role, and many such…06 Jul 2026HANSARDPolice Leadership Commission ReportI refer hon. Members to the oral statement I will make to the House today, 6 July, on the publication of the police leadership commission report. The report is available at:…06 Jul 2026HANSARDDraft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2026. It is a pleasure to serve…01 Jul 2026HANSARDDraft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2026I associate myself with the hon. Lady’s remarks about Ronan Kanda’s family and their tireless campaigning. We are very grateful to Ronan’s mother and sister for being part of our…01 Jul 2026HANSARDDigital Proof of Age: Alcohol SalesToday I am pleased to inform the House that those members of the public who are fortunate enough to look younger than their age, but are always having to carry their passport or…30 Jun 2026HANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryFirst, I reassure the hon. Gentleman that we are not waiting three years until the inquiry’s report to act. We are already doing a lot of work, as I have outlined—such as…18 Jun 2026HANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI thank the hon. Lady for her question. Tuesday marked one year since the publication of Baroness Casey’s national audit on group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse. The…18 Jun 2026HANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI think we can agree on some of what the hon. Lady has said. She is right that there was institutional blindness. We have seen that in other ways across the state, and not just in…18 Jun 2026HANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI am happy to facilitate conversations, but it sounds like my hon. Friend is already having them. As she will know, we are working on police culture. The Hillsborough law and some…18 Jun 2026HANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryThe inquiry, led by Anne Longfield, will look at previous inquiries and recommendations and bring them all into the inquiry’s remit. I encourage the hon. Lady to sit down and talk…18 Jun 2026HANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI see that she has done so already. The hon. Lady’s point about inquiry recommendations is not unreasonable. I recently gave evidence to the Nottingham inquiry which, among other…18 Jun 2026HANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the role of victims and the need to be survivor-focused and trauma-informed throughout—that is exactly what the inquiry is focused…18 Jun 2026HANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI would be happy to have a conversation with the hon. Gentleman about any information he may have about police forces and what he has heard on that front. It would be very…18 Jun 2026HANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryThe terms of reference are very wide and very clear. They will look at culture, ethnicity, race and any kind of bias that was in the system. There is a wider question that Louise…18 Jun 2026HANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryThe hon. Member for Great Yarmouth (Rupert Lowe) has done a piece of work. I welcome the work that he has done, and hope that he will pass on to the police and the inquiry any…18 Jun 2026HANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryOperation Beaconport is being led by the National Crime Agency, which is the very best of our serious organised crime operators, and we are treating this issue as we would treat…18 Jun 2026HANSARD Grooming Gangs: Independent InquiryAs the hon. Gentleman knows, the inquiry is entirely independent, so it is not for us to say where it should lead. I know that the inquiry will shortly announce the first tranche…18 Jun 2026