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HANSARD Neighbourhood Policing: West MidlandsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Jack Dromey) on securing the debate and my hon.…14 Dec 2021HANSARD 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 2021HANSARDTen-Year Drugs StrategyI thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. Over the last 20 years, we have seen a stark pattern of class A drug use. Between 1996 and 2011, the use of class A drugs…06 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have a wonderful Tamil community in Croydon, and they still feel the devastating impacts of the civil war. May I add my voice to those from across this House for sanctions…30 Nov 2021HANSARDAntisocial BehaviourAntisocial behaviour is blighting communities: it has gone up by a woeful 70% across the country in the last year. Since the Conservatives took power, twice as many people say…22 Nov 2021HANSARD Autism and Neurodiversity Research FundingI congratulate the right hon. and learned Gentleman on the debate and on his cause. It is incredibly exciting that he has chosen this subject to focus on after his ministerial…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Reopening Local Police StationsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Fovargue. I congratulate the hon. Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax) on securing this important debate. We are all still…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Reopening Local Police StationsI thank the hon. Member for his intervention, but I disagree. If we look at the pattern of police station closures across the country, it has not just occurred in Keighley; it is…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Reopening Local Police StationsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I completely agree with the points that he makes; I was just contemplating the changing nature of crime, and the crime that we…27 Oct 2021HANSARDSexual Misconduct in the PoliceForgive me, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I add my voice to the tributes we heard earlier to James Brokenshire. I worked with him, and always found him to be charming, committed and…20 Oct 2021HANSARD Tram SafetyThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. One lesson from the tram crash is that we must make sure that all tram networks across the country are safe. Trams are an in-between mode…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Tram SafetyAt about 6.7 am on 9 November 2016, a tram travelling from New Addington in my constituency towards East Croydon station overturned as it approached the Sandilands tram stop. The…20 Sept 2021HANSARDEngagementsMy constituents in Bridge House, Croydon live in flats covered in dangerous cladding that will cost millions to remove. They are not eligible for the Government’s building safety…15 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIs the Foreign Secretary concerned about the deliberate erosion of trust in America’s electoral system—in particular, what is playing out in Arizona—and what lessons should be…20 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.20 Jul 2021HANSARDTackling Knife CrimeAs well as prevention, at some point, we need to think about wrapping our arms around those people. I do not think that knife crime prevention orders are the answer, but they are…20 Jul 2021HANSARDTackling Knife CrimeWill the Minister give way?20 Jul 2021HANSARDTackling Knife CrimeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. Apologies for my tardiness at the start, coming in a bit late. I had made the schoolboy error of going to…20 Jul 2021HANSARDKnife Crime: Summer 2021As we have been watching the incredible achievements of the England football team, the epidemic of violence on our streets has been growing, with younger and younger boys losing…12 Jul 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court BillThis Bill contains some of the most controversial restrictions of our rights for many years. It is very long, and we have only a few hours to debate it, so I agree with the hon.…05 Jul 2021