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HANSARDWest Midlands PoliceThe hon. Gentleman will know that we do not generally use retrospectivity in our legal system, and to take such a step would be a new innovation. He should wait for the full…14 Jan 2026HANSARDWest Midlands PoliceI know Villa Park well because, until the general election, it fell within my constituency boundary. After the decision was made, the Government and I—through my officials—asked…14 Jan 2026HANSARDWest Midlands PoliceLet me assure my hon. Friend that all matters of community cohesion are under intense discussion across Government. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Housing,…14 Jan 2026HANSARDWest Midlands PoliceThe right hon. Gentleman is right about community relations. Many people acting in bad faith and with malign intent across our country want to set Britain’s Muslims against…14 Jan 2026HANSARDMigrants: Safe and Legal RoutesAlongside restoring order and control of our borders, we will open new safe and legal routes for refugees and displaced people who are fleeing danger. We are currently developing…05 Jan 2026HANSARDMigrants: Safe and Legal RoutesHundreds of individuals involved in organised crime groups have already been pursued through law enforcement. There have been 4,000 disruptions of organised crime group operations…05 Jan 2026HANSARDMigrants: Safe and Legal RoutesIt is important that the changes that are made are about genuinely securing our borders and not about the political fortune of individual parties. Certainly under my watch, this…05 Jan 2026HANSARDMigrants: Safe and Legal RoutesSafe and legal routes relate to those who we would accept as refugees before they enter this country, in order to drive down the number of people who seek to enter the country…05 Jan 2026HANSARDPolice EfficiencyFirst, let me say that I recognise the challenges posed by serious and organised crime, and I thank Bedfordshire police for their tireless work to tackle the issue. Applications…05 Jan 2026HANSARDMigrants: Safe and Legal RoutesThe first point to acknowledge is that this country will always offer sanctuary to those fleeing danger, but the public rightly expect a system that is fair and that restores…05 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsToday the powers in the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 come into force—no thanks, I might add, to Opposition Members, who voted against them at every…05 Jan 2026HANSARDPolice EfficiencyI had hoped that the hon. Gentleman would have welcomed the neighbourhood policing guarantee, which is designed to deal with exactly the problem he has recognised—a decrease in…05 Jan 2026HANSARDPolice EfficiencyIt would be a bit easier to take the hon. Gentleman more seriously if it were not true that 94% of the reduction in police officers he refers to occurred when his Government were…05 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate my hon. Friend on his campaign. Essex police have been allocated £4.5 million, which will fund 74 more neighbourhood police officers in 2025-26. They will provide a…05 Jan 2026HANSARDPolice EfficiencyThat is why we have our neighbourhood policing guarantee: to get those police officers back on the beat and in neighbourhoods, providing reassurance and dealing with the types of…05 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI repeat that the numbers have stayed relatively flat. I think that the hon. Member is imputing a motive to those individuals that has not yet been stood up by any of the data or…05 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet me be very clear. The case in relation to Shamima Begum was litigated by the last Government all the way to the UK Supreme Court, which did not hear the last appeal because…05 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsLet me say first that those tweets and those comments are absolutely abhorrent, and that I share the horror and revulsion felt across the country by all who have now seen and read…05 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Member is attempting to tempt me into commenting in a way that I know she knows I will not do. She will have to wait, as will everyone else, for the details of our…05 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI signed that letter because one of the individuals was a constituent of mine who had served in the British armed forces—serving this country on two tours of Afghanistan—and was…05 Jan 2026