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HANSARD 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 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the work that she does in her constituency, and I send my condolences to Josh’s family, who will still be reeling after their loss. I agree…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 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeI assure my hon. Friend that every part of the country, including Bournemouth, will be part of our action plan. We are making interventions across the whole country, as well as…14 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy point was that the basis of cumulative disruption has been in the law from the Public Order Act 1986. In terms of the definition, the police use their discretion on the…14 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe role of this House is to debate, which is exactly what we are doing now. I listened, for example, to my right hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell),…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeI thank my hon. Friend for her kind words, and I know that we tackle this issue together in Croydon. The point of this package of interventions is not just to stop kids getting…14 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am just in the middle of a sentence. Several forces have sadly recruited people without the proper vetting processes that should have happened. By the time the previous…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 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI completely understand my hon. Friend’s point, which we have discussed before. As he knows, the announcement that the amendment would be made was given by the Home Secretary…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeI thank my hon. Friend for her question—how sorry I am that a 25-year-old lost their life recently. My constituency and that of my hon. Friend are not too far away from each…14 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI cannot tell whether my right hon. Friend will have to hand himself in at some point in time. I think probably not, but I can remember debating that particular issue when the…14 Apr 2026HANSARD Knife CrimeWe are working with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on where the Young Futures hubs will be, but they will be in the areas most affected by knife crime. There is a…14 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillWe are already, on the face of the Bill, extending the time to up to 72 hours. The point of the notice is to enable the time to get to court and apply for a closure. We are…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 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 BillThrough our taskforce, which is funded with £30 million, we will look at a whole range of opportunities on what we can do. I say gently to the hon. Gentleman that the reason we…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 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank my hon. Friend for raising the challenge that Becca has faced, and I congratulate her on the work that she has done in bringing that to the House. The Government are…14 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank my hon. Friend for raising that, as well as my hon. Friend the Member for Lowestoft, who I suspect will speak to it later. I agree that in many cases honour-based abuse is…14 Apr 2026