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HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillJust to be clear, I am not against people having a position; our amendment seeks to make sure that clinics ensure that people get their vaccines, that NHS workers can get to work,…28 Feb 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI feel as if there should be a three-way conversation in another place to tackle some of these questions. But they are real questions, and my hon. Friend the Member for…28 Feb 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe hon. Lady puts it very well, and I completely agree. We have seen with the recording of such crimes in Nottinghamshire and other places that this measure works. It is welcomed…28 Feb 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillI thank the hon. Lady for that intervention, but as my hon. Friend the Member for Walthamstow said, there is precedent for this with the case of the murderers of Stephen Lawrence.28 Feb 2022HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillBy the time that prosecution happened such legislation was in place, and there is precedent for that. I could point the hon. Lady in the direction of a very good briefing that…28 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportWill the Minister give way?09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI pay tribute to the people who serve in our police service. It has not been an easy time: 10 years of cuts followed by covid has placed enormous strain on them. Thanks also go to…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportThis has been a good debate; if only it was a good settlement. A wasted decade of low growth under the Conservatives is holding back Britain; it has left our economy weakened,…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportMy right hon. Friend is completely right: a third of the extra funding now comes from the council tax precept. That is a very high proportion. Total crime went up 14% over the…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI was not aware of that. I thought the Government had some role in tackling crime, but clearly the Conservative Government think not. With 17,000 fewer people working in the…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPrayersOn a point of order, Mr Speaker, I want to raise comments made on Monday by the Prime Minister, who I believe inadvertently misled the House. On Monday 31 January, the Prime…04 Feb 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateThe Chancellor’s package offers £350 off to the poorest households. Labour’s proposals offer £600 off to the poorest households. The cap has gone up by £693. Why is the Chancellor…03 Feb 2022HANSARDIOPC Report on Metropolitan Police Officers' Conduct: Charing Cross Police StationMay I associate myself with the comments from the Minister, particularly his thanks to the IOPC for the report? The behaviour outlined in the report is truly appalling. As a woman…02 Feb 2022HANSARDBiometrics Commissioner and Forensic Science RegulatorIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark) on securing the debate, and on his elegant critique…20 Jan 2022HANSARDPolice Community Support OfficersThe Minister has brushed off criticisms from the Labour Benches, but is he aware of the disquiet on his own Benches? Only last week, Conservative MPs lined up in Westminster Hall…17 Jan 2022HANSARD Youth Crime and Antisocial BehaviourExactly. Whether people live in the city or in the country, they worry about their kids going out on the streets and getting into drugs. People can go online and buy any drug they…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Youth Crime and Antisocial BehaviourThank you, Mr Robertson; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I congratulate the hon. Member for Stockton South (Matt Vickers) on securing the debate, which has been…12 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventTwo days after the party on 20 May, the revelations came out about Dominic Cummings. Five days after the party, we had the Downing Street press conference, where he explained his…11 Jan 2022HANSARDBuilding SafetyI welcome the statement, which is certainly a step in the right direction. There are many tall buildings in my constituency. Some of the issues affecting them, and the costs that…10 Jan 2022HANSARD Neighbourhood Policing: West MidlandsIt is true. I can send the Minister the statistics. Crimes have gone up across the country. It is not accurate to blame one area or another for those universal increases and the…14 Dec 2021