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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his speech. He does not need to implore this Government to listen to the girls he has quoted. Not only are we listening, not only have we listened,…22 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventeenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles, as always. I am grateful to the right hon. and learned Member for Camberwell and Peckham (Ms Harman) for tabling…22 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Eighteenth sitting)It is a complicated answer to a complicated question. We know, for example, that some forms of crime are increasing, and there is ongoing academic research into some of those, but…22 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend. May I say how sorry I am to hear of the experience in her constituency? It serves to highlight that knife crime does not just happen in…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifteenth sitting)The hon. Gentleman and I agree that the young people we are understandably focusing on in today’s debate are the victims of the criminal networks and the organised crime gangs…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifteenth sitting)It is a pleasure, again, to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. Before I respond to the amendments and observations of the hon. Member for Croydon Central, I wonder whether…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifteenth sitting)Again, I am very happy to thank not just my hon. Friend’s local police force, but police forces across the country for all the work that they do day in, day out to keep our…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Yes, I do understand that point, but there has been very careful consideration of the effects of an order to prohibit a person from travelling overseas. I am told that adding…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Again, I am not going to address the clauses, because I understand they are not opposed. If I may, I will deal with the amendments. I am extremely grateful to the hon. Member for…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I join the hon. Lady in paying tribute to Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt, whose lives were tragically cut short in a horrific manner in Fishmongers’ Hall. I am really pleased that…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I wonder whether it would be convenient for the hon. Member for Rotherham to speak?17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I was, Mr McCabe—thank you very much. I understand that the Opposition do not oppose clauses 141 to 143, but I will obviously respond to new clause 65, tabled by the hon. Member…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifteenth sitting)The hon. Gentleman raises a good point. I remember visiting Welsh courts and feeling at a great disadvantage that I did not speak Welsh. He raises a serious point. I cannot give…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 144, in clause 175, page 193, line 21, at end insert— “(ea) section [Proceeds of crime: account freezing orders].” This amendment provides for NC74 to…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman thinks that we have rushed into this. There was a period of some nine months, I think, between the White Paper and the introduction of the…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I was going to talk for hours on this, but I see that my hon. Friend wants to beat me to it. This is the short title of the Bill, and we ask that it be cited as the Police, Crime,…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Amendment 144 and new clause 74 are an administrative amendment and new clause to ensure that the provisions available under the Financial Services Act 2021 in relation to account…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Interestingly, the point that the hon. Lady has highlighted about, for example, victims of domestic abuse having to publish their addresses is one of the factors that we are very…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixteenth sitting)The Passport Office can already refuse to change the names on a passport under the existing regulations, but this whole area is incredibly complicated; it involves not just…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Again, I am mindful that the clauses are not opposed by the Opposition, so I hope that I can move straight to the amendments tabled by the hon. Member for Rotherham. However, I…17 Jun 2021