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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I am sure that I will give further clarification in due course if it is needed, but I draw comfort from the fact that the wording I have here is the development of…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)Well, we do have the definition in the Modern Slavery Act. Modern slavery cases are notoriously difficult to prosecute because, as with other hidden harms, they require the…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I would go further, because I would not want the Committee to understand that the covenant is the only work being done on mental health and understanding trauma and wellbeing.…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. He touches upon one of those imponderables, in that the police are operationally independent. There is always a balancing…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I am extremely grateful to the hon. Lady. She is right: in the course of proceedings on that Bill, we examined the impact that domestic abuse has on members of the wider policing…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)Thank you, Sir Charles. It is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. First, I thank Opposition Members for the constructive tone of the debate so far. I very…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)Sir Charles, noting that there are no amendments, I do not propose to speak to the clause, which I commend to the Committee.25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I will give way, but then I must make some progress.25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I am so pleased that the hon. Lady raises that, because the very first subsection of the Bill sets out the Secretary of State’s accountability. It is the Secretary of State who…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)As hon. Members will be aware, tackling violence against women and girls is one of the Government’s key priorities. These abhorrent crimes have no place in our society. This…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)Sir Charles, I am probably the worst offender for that, so forgive me—I will try to face forward. Before I turn to the specifics of the amendments, it may assist the Committee if…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)When we adjourned this morning, I was agreeing with the hon. Member for Croydon Central that special constables make a vital contribution to keeping communities safe, through…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)Clauses 4 to 6 provide a new test to assess the standard of driving of a police officer. Should an officer be involved in a road traffic incident, this new test will allow courts…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I note the time. Our special constables make a vital contribution to keeping communities safe, through their professionalism, dedication and sacrifice, increasingly fulfilling a…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)Serious violence has a devastating impact on victims and their families, instils fear in communities and is extremely costly to society, as I have already said. I hope the…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)Again, if it will assist the Committee, I am content to hear the hon. Member for Croydon Central set out her stall, as it were, and I will then respond.25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)The hon. Lady asks a specific question—namely, will local policing bodies be able to request case-level information on children at risk and how will they use it? Police and crime…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)I will deal straightaway with the point about information sharing, as it would seem to me that the other clauses are understood. Clause 15 provides a new permissive information…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)Again, Sir Charles, I am trusting it to the Committee.25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)Very much so. Criminal gangs are very adept at spotting Government and local priorities and adjusting their behaviours. During the global pandemic, still some county lines were…25 May 2021