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HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingMy right hon. Friend is right—there is huge innovation and good practice around the country when it comes to local policing. Police forces are using powers that the Government…31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingI will carry on and come back to the hon. Lady. From Greater Manchester to Kent, and from the Thames valley to the west midlands, on my visits around the country I have seen so…31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingThe hon. Gentleman is just not right. As of 31 December, our police uplift programme has recruited an additional 16,000 new officers, bringing us to a total of over 145,000…31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingI am afraid that Labour’s Sadiq Khan, who has overall responsibility for London’s crime and policing, has a woeful track record. When overall crime is falling, it is rising in…31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingWhen it comes to decisions and investigations by the Independent Office for Police Conduct, that is an independent process in which I cannot intervene. What it comes down to is…31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingI will get on to what we are doing for women and girls. I am incredibly proud of the landmark Domestic Abuse Act 2021, which the Government pioneered and led and is providing a…31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingPeople want to feel safe in their villages, their towns and their cities. The purpose of the police is to fight crime, not to engage in symbolic gestures on social media. That is…31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingWhen we speak to frontline police officers and those who are affected because family members have been victims of knife crime or violent crime, we understand that stop and search…31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingThe data I have is that knife crime has gone up in London, and there are really serious challenges when it comes to Labour’s management of policing in London.31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that clarification. We have made £130 million available over the financial year 2022-23 to tackle serious violence, including murder and knife…31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingThe hon. Lady is wrong. Antisocial behaviour is about a criminal and policing response to behaviour that blights communities. The Home Office leads on antisocial behaviour, but of…31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingI will just get back to the point I was making: the shadow Home Secretary does not have any legitimacy on fighting for the safety of women when she cannot even define one. Rape…31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingLet me get on to what we are doing on rape and serious sexual offences, and on domestic abuse. I am very glad that more victims and survivors are coming forward and reporting…31 Jan 2023HANSARDCrime and Neighbourhood PolicingI am absolutely committed to getting better outcomes for victims of rape and serious sexual offences, and that does require more specialism. That is why Operation Soteria, which…31 Jan 2023HANSARDReport of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism LegislationIn accordance with section 36 of the Terrorism Act 2006, Jonathan Hall KC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, has prepared a report on the operation in 2020 of the…31 Jan 2023HANSARDInvestigatory Powers Tribunal JudgmentToday I wish to notify Parliament of a recent Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) judgment regarding compliance issues identified within a specific MI5 technology environment, and…30 Jan 2023HANSARDWindrush: Lessons Learned Review RecommendationsToday I am updating Parliament on Home Office delivery of the recommendations set out in the Windrush lessons learned review, published in March 2020. Since my appointment as Home…26 Jan 2023HANSARDProceeds of Crime Act 2002: Appointed Person Report 2021-2022I am today laying before Parliament the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) appointed person report covering England and Wales for the period 2021-22. The appointed person is…26 Jan 2023HANSARDStrengthening the Response to Serious and Organised CrimeThe Government are today launching a consultation on two proposals to strengthen the law on serious and organised crime. Law enforcement agencies frequently encounter articles…24 Jan 2023HANSARDCounter-terrorism Disruptive Powers Report 2021I have today laid before both Houses the “Counter-Terrorism Disruptive Powers Report 2021” (CP 779). Copies of the report will be made available in the Vote Office and online at…19 Jan 2023