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HANSARDTackling SpikingChelmsford is home to a vibrant night-time economy, with lots of very popular bars, clubs and restaurants. We also have a really strong reputation for being a safe place to enjoy…18 Dec 2023HANSARDSpikingThank you, Ms Nokes; it is an honour to serve under your chairmanship. I thank the hon. Member for Bradford South (Judith Cummins) for giving us the opportunity to discuss spiking…14 Dec 2023HANSARDSpikingWe may be able to make more progress on awareness. My right hon. Friend the Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes) made a point about the importance of giving…14 Dec 2023HANSARD COP28In the very hot summer of 2022 almost 1,000 wildfires swept through Essex. We are not immune from the real dangers of global warming, so it was a huge honour to be one of the…14 Dec 2023HANSARDSpikingI absolutely agree, and I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham) for the work he has done on women’s safety. We must make it crystal clear that this…14 Dec 2023HANSARDSpikingMy right hon. Friend is making an excellent point. I recently met a group of sixth-formers from one of my Chelmsford schools. The point they made to me was that, while it is all…14 Dec 2023HANSARDSpikingThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.14 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Thank you.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Thank you.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q On the issue of rough sleeping, I totally get that the police need to work with partners. By the way, I would just like to say that Essex police are doing phenomenal work on…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q I just asked a very simple question: were your members unanimously opposed to this measure? And you said no, it is not unanimous—correct? Rebecca Bryant: Yes, that is what I am…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you. On the issue of retail crime, again, my local police have been doing some very good work on tackling shoplifting, including of smaller items, but sometimes,…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)It is not a unanimous view from your members. Rebecca Bryant: No, it is not a unanimous view. There are some mixed views. Some people represented by some organisations suggested…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q Rebecca, when you were talking about clause 67 and the CPNs, I think you suggested at the beginning of your comments that this was not a unanimous view from your members. Is…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Okay, but they are not doing it now, so they clearly do not have the power now. Will this give police the power to say, “No sleeping in this fire escape, which is putting…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q May I ask the question I put to the previous witness about spiking? It comes up from time to time in the night-time economy in my constituency. If there were a modernisation of…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Or stronger. Chief Constable Stephens: Back to my earlier point, we would want to do so in conjunction with other partners that can provide the support. From a policing…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Okay. From time to time, we get very serious issues in the night-time economy, with people being spiked. The concern is often raised that although spiking is covered by law, it…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCOP28I am looking forward to going to COP as one of the members of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee. Last week the Committee went to see the world’s first green hydrogen…29 Nov 2023HANSARDAsylum Seeker AccommodationI am really pleased that the Government have been able to reduce the number of asylum seekers in hotels. The use of the Atlantic Hotel in Chelmsford for families is putting…27 Nov 2023