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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am aware of this, and I think there is a very serious issue about how serious and organised crime has increasingly been targeting rural areas and things such as the GPS…13 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe want to see an increase in neighbourhood policing right across the country. That is why we set out £100 million as part of the police settlement for next year to kick-start and…13 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Member will know that the Minister has referred herself to the ministerial standards adviser, and that is the appropriate way for this to be addressed. More…13 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThese are horrendous crimes involving rape, sadistic violence and cruelty, exploitation, intimidation and coercion, so we need action, truth and accountability for those terrible…13 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsImmigration asylum rules need to be respected and enforced, and for too long that has not happened. Since the general election, we have ramped up removals for those who have no…13 Jan 2025HANSARDKnife CrimeMy hon. Friend is right to say that the Scottish Government have a significant increase in funding, so they can take action to improve public services. This Government have made…13 Jan 2025HANSARDKnife CrimeWe remember those who have lost their lives to knife crime, including 17-year-old Thomas Taylor, killed in Bedford, and 14-year-old Kelyan Bokassa, killed in Woolwich just last…13 Jan 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingI am aware of the points that my hon. Friend raises, and I do have concerns. It is really important that all police forces can strengthen their neighbourhood policing and have…13 Jan 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingThe hon. Member is right to talk about the deep frustration felt in communities, including local businesses and town centres, about not just the absence of neighbourhood policing,…13 Jan 2025HANSARDKnife CrimeThe hon. Member will know that the PSNI takes this issue extremely seriously. The issues of knife crime are devastating to families, and he is right to be deeply concerned about…13 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think the thoughts of all of us will be with the family and friends of Thomas Taylor, who was a constituent of my hon. Friend. He is right to say that we need comprehensive work…13 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree with my hon. Friend. That is why we have set up the coalition to tackle knife crime. It is also why we have a knife-enabled robbery taskforce working with chief…13 Jan 2025HANSARDKnife CrimeThe hon. Member makes an extremely important point. Our public servants, particularly our nursing and medical staff, work to save lives, support people and help patients. They do…13 Jan 2025HANSARDKnife CrimeThe Policing Minister and I will happily talk further to my hon. Friend. She is right that we need to prevent young people from obtaining and carrying knives in the first place,…13 Jan 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingI am afraid I have to say to the hon. Gentleman that his party not only let policing and communities down by taking neighbourhood police off the streets, but let police down on…13 Jan 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingI should point out to the hon. Gentleman that his Government took neighbourhood police officers off the streets, meaning thousands fewer on the streets—the number of PCSOs halved…13 Jan 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingMy hon. Friend makes an important point, because this is about visibility, partnership and powers, and she rightly talks about the impact that this kind of work can have. We want…13 Jan 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingThe Chair of the Home Affairs Committee makes an important point. We have said that the neighbourhood policing teams, which we are determined to support, should include police…13 Jan 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingUnder the previous Conservative Government, neighbourhood policing was decimated. The proportion of people who said that they never saw the police on the beat doubled. They took…13 Jan 2025HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingBefore I respond, I am sure that the whole House will want to remember PC Rosie Prior, who was tragically killed on Saturday while helping at the scene of an accident, and Ryan…13 Jan 2025