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HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI agree that some of the issues around confidence are actually about the responsiveness of police and about having neighbourhood policing and a local response. My hon. Friend is…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityI thank the shadow Home Secretary for his response. I hope that there will be widespread agreement on both sides of the House on the importance of these issues, which go to the…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityMy hon. Friend makes an important point. It is an important British tradition that we respect the rule of law, which means that individual decisions are made by the police,…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityThe framework I have set out is about ensuring a proper system of accountability for police forces and police officers—I think that all police officers will support it as…23 Oct 2024HANSARDPolice AccountabilityPolice officers, who do immensely difficult work across the country every day to keep us safe, deserve our strong support. They often show huge bravery in the most difficult…23 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. The mission for safer streets that the Government have set includes a really ambitious mission to halve violence against women…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe former Home Secretary—the current shadow Home Secretary—now seems to be admitting to the totally chaotic state of asylum accommodation finances. He had to continually seek…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis Government have already been putting in place the funding to try to make good the total chaos that the right hon. Member’s Government left us with. They spent £700 million to…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate the right hon. Lady on her new position. It is a great job, and I look forward to giving evidence to her as she did to me—we will see what price I have to pay as…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI gently remind the hon. Member that his party’s Government failed to review the funding formula for very many years. However, he is right that the issues of rural and urban areas…21 Oct 2024HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingMy hon. Friend is right that we now have thousands fewer police officers and PCSOs on the streets than we had a decade ago. This includes the previous Government halving the…21 Oct 2024HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingMy hon. Friend makes an important point. This is a challenge we are facing across the country. The proportion of people saying that they barely ever see the police is now nearly…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member will know that in this country we have operational independence for the police, and independence for the Crown Prosecution Service and the courts. I strongly…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have met the IOPC chair to talk through the issues facing that body. The hon. Gentleman is right that we need to speed up the decision-making process. He will also recognise…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and I thank her for standing up for her community. We want to strengthen the law to give the police more powers to tackle the nightmare of…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. To tackle the chaos in the asylum system the rules need to be properly respected and enforced. That is why we have increased by more than…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Gentleman will know, the impact assessment is provided by the Home Office, and what we inherited from the previous Government was not simply the incredibly costly…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think it is a matter for us all to take the security of people immensely seriously, and to ensure that terrorist, extremist and criminal threats do not win in their attempt to…21 Oct 2024HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Drug dealing, drug misuse and other forms of antisocial behaviour and crime are a real challenge in many communities. First, we need to…21 Oct 2024HANSARDNeighbourhood PolicingI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing Southall (Deirdre Costigan) for the leadership she is showing in her community. The point she raises is partly about increasing…21 Oct 2024