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HANSARD Crime and Policing BillAs the hon. Gentleman said, there is a fine line to tread throughout public order legislation. We come back to these issues time and again, and it is right that we do so. As times…20 Apr 2026HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI thank my hon. Friend for that excellent intervention. We all thank the Harlow Wombles for the work they do. I do not think we have Croydon Wombles, but we probably need to get…20 Apr 2026HANSARDPolice FederationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Pendle and Clitheroe (Jonathan Hinder) on his career in…15 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillYes, and that is why we are introducing this amendment; we want to provide clarity that it should be considered. We have a community—in particular, the Jewish community—who are…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeMay I say how sorry I am to hear about the death of my hon. Friend’s relative? What a tragedy that is, not just for the immediate family, but for the wider communities in which…14 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillWe do not know what Lord Macdonald is going to recommend. He has terms of reference that we have agreed, which are to look at public order legislation and hate crime legislation…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeI welcome the hon. Lady’s welcoming of the statement—it is appreciated. Stop and search is a really important tool. I am not entirely sure what “saturation stop and search” is,…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeI thank the hon. Gentleman for welcoming the strategy and for the work he has done. He is absolutely right: people commit knife crime offences with all different kinds of knives.…14 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe rise is much slower and the charge rate has gone up by 21%. Clearly, action is more important than numbers, and this Government are taking action. That is why, for example,…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeYes, the right hon. Gentleman is right that a very high proportion of people who commit knife offences are detected and charged. How we influence people who may want to pick up a…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeI thank the shadow Minister for welcoming the target of halving knife crime, the content of the plan and the knife crime concentrations fund in particular. Where we can, we should…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeBefore I come to the statement, I want to echo the Home Secretary’s words yesterday following the publication of the Southport attack inquiry report. That was a truly sickening…14 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank my hon. Friend, and pay tribute to the Women and Equalities Committee and its work. As I said, this has been a journey, and a lot of Members from both Houses have played a…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeAll our condolences go to Jamie’s family at this incredibly difficult time. I know that the community in Filton will be reeling, and that my hon. Friend will play her role in…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeI applaud the work that my hon. Friend has been doing with others, including Leanne Lucas, who was sadly at the horrendous event in Southport, and who has been campaigning on the…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeI appreciate the Liberal Democrats welcoming the plan. I join the hon. Gentleman in praising the Ben Kinsella Trust and Patrick Green. Patrick has been brilliant throughout the…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeWe are already putting in place a range of interventions through the Crime and Policing Bill—which is going through Parliament and which we are debating this afternoon—to…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeI express my condolences over the death of the man in the hon. Member’s constituency. Grassroots organisations are incredibly important and we have done a lot of work, as have the…14 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI accept that there were more officers—not by population, but in terms of actual numbers—when the Conservatives left office than when they took office. [ Interruption. ] But let…14 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI welcome the broad agreement across the House with, I think, the great majority of the Lords amendments, particularly those brought forward by the Government. Those amendments…14 Apr 2026