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HANSARDViolent CrimeThe hon. Gentleman is a consistent campaigner for his constituency and of course I am happy to meet him. At the risk of volunteering the Minister for Policing and the Fire…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeMy right hon. Friend makes an important point. That has to be the focus of everyone with any influence in this area, including the judiciary. I am not going to comment or be drawn…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeThe hon. Gentleman brought to life in this Chamber the impact of antisocial behaviour and crime on Slade Road in his constituency in his Adjournment debate last week. At the risk…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeThe hon. Lady has been a consistent advocate for her constituents, who have been so tragically affected by the rise of county lines. I remember a debate more than a year ago in…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeIt is always a pleasure to answer a question from my constituency neighbour. We might be separated by a constabulary boundary, but I absolutely understand the ripple effect of…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeThere is an understandable tendency to focus on the law enforcement response and on our early prevention strategy, but an important part of this formula is the behaviour of…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeThe hon. Gentleman is always a constructive and critical friend of the Government in this sphere. I will deal with his last point first. We have to reiterate to young people,…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI thank my hon. Friend for his participation in the recent roundtable. I can reassure colleagues across the House that hon. Members, particularly those representing the…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeIn the letter, we made it clear that while the spring statement included £100 million for police forces, the Home Secretary had committed himself to making resources for them an…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI welcome the fact that the right hon. Lady welcomes our action to ensure that stop and search has the trust of more people in communities. We see it as a vital tool within the…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend for the experience that he brings to the House from his shadow portfolios over the years. We have always said that stop and search…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his urgent question and for his attendance at the roundtable I hosted recently, along with the Minister for Policing and the Fire Service, to update…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeIt is with great sadness that I stand here today following events over the weekend, including a fatal stabbing in the constituency of the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Jim…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeOn the hon. Lady’s last point, in my meetings with former and current gang members, as well as with youth workers, I am struck by the fact that certain groups in a generation of…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, and he is absolutely right to say that efforts to tackle serious violence must be driven at the national, regional and local level.…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI have the advantage of my right hon. Friend the Policing Minister next to me, who informs me that the Met has already received emergency grants in that regard. I will write to…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeThe right hon. Gentleman will be delighted to know that PCCs across the country are recruiting up to 3,000 new officers as a result of the new settlement that we —[Interruption.]…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeAction we have taken in the past 12 months includes: the serious violence taskforce, chaired by the Home Secretary and attended by the Mayor of London; the ministerial taskforce,…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI am not selectively using statistics. I referred the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) to the Metropolitan police statistics precisely because of the…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for mentioning the work of Redthread. The Home Office is investing in Redthread’s projects in Nottingham, Birmingham and London hospitals, and…17 Jun 2019