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HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillI am not sure whether I am in a position to answer that. Of course, every company will have its own security arrangements. The hon. Gentleman will know that what we have inserted…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend. She has taken a keen interest in this matter both as a constituency MP and in her contributions to this place. She is absolutely right…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillI think the right hon. Gentleman and I talked about that last week. As I have said to him, I will happily look into those. We looked at whether gang injunctions are appropriate,…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillIf the right hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I must make some progress. The order may impose such requirements or prohibitions on a person as a court considers necessary to…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillThe point of the orders is that there is information suggesting that these children have been carrying a knife on two or more occasions. The criminality, if we are talking in…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Offensive Weapons BillI confirm that I am.26 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeAs I have said, education plays a vital role in our efforts to tackle serious violence, and I know that colleagues across the House are concerned about off-rolling. There are good…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeWhat the hon. Lady mentioned are not proposals, but things we are doing. I was delighted to hear from the chief constable of Merseyside and also its police and crime commissioner…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeI am so grateful to the hon. Lady for her question. Her experience in the magistrates court will help, I hope, to give her comfort as to how these orders are drafted. These are…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeIt will—very much so. I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. I think that everyone agrees that there is no single solution to this matter; it is about short, medium and…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeI am delighted to hear about the activity in the hon. Lady’s constituency. She is absolutely right: what is so worrying about the growth of county lines is that criminal gangs…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeI cannot, in that that is not my Department, so it would not be right for me to make financial commitments at the Dispatch Box. I have discussed this with the Secretary of State…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeWe are providing up to £970 million next year in the policing settlement. We provided a further £500 million last year, and we are providing an extra £100 million through the…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeI will not comment on attendees at this stage. I have said that this is the ultimate in process questions, and we are in the process of arranging that summit. We work on a…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeI thank my hon. Friend for raising mandatory minimum sentences. I note that they are not universally accepted. Indeed, the Leader of the Opposition voted against them—I think—when…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeThe hon. Lady is saying that I do not like speaking to the House. Come on, let us not be silly about this. This is such an important topic and it requires collaborative work.…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeI accept the point about the phrase “county lines”, which has been used over a couple of years. It does not do justice to the horrors of the exploitation of the children involved…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeThank you, Mr Speaker. The urgent question is the gift that keeps giving. Before I start my reply, may I, on behalf of the Home Office, reflect on the very sad anniversary that we…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeIt is interesting—is it not?—that this urgent question is essentially about process. If we focus on what the hon. Lady has just said, we can see that she applied for this urgent…22 Mar 2019HANSARD Emergency Summit on Knife CrimeI get on very well with the hon. Lady, and I hope she knows that I am not in any way dissatisfied with being at the Dispatch Box on my birthday or on any other day. My…22 Mar 2019