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HANSARD Net Migration FiguresWhere is the Home Secretary, and what on earth is going on? The media were briefed that he was going to make a statement on net migration yesterday or today, but we have had…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Billrose —28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the impact of shoplifting. If town centres do not feel safe, it is local businesses that are hit and can end up going under as a result,…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI would gently say to the Minister that the fact that it is an announcement—28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillThis is the problem with the Policing Minister: he just thinks that the country has never had it so good on crime and policing. As far as the country is concerned, he is…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillMy hon. Friend makes an important point— [ Interruption. ] I do not think the claims made from a sedentary position by the Policing Minister help him in the slightest, given the…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. The Minister will know that the time is not limited. We do have time and she has named me. I do understand that she has the right not to…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Net Migration Figures(Urgent Question): To ask the Home Secretary to make a statement on the publication of net migration figures.28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI thank the Home Secretary for giving way. It is so good to see him in the Chamber now. Could he tell us what the percentage increase has been in knife crime since 2015?28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI know that the former Home Secretary takes the police covenant very seriously. Does she agree that, as well as the police covenant, we should have a police bravery award for…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillWill the Minister give way?28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillWill the Minister give way on that point?28 Nov 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice BillWill the Minister give way?28 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Home Secretary has been in post for two weeks, during which time he has used the same language to pick a fight with Stockton and show what he thinks of his own Rwanda policy,…27 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsPerhaps that mean an end to the magical thinking that the right hon. Gentleman’s predecessor called for. We still have 10,000 more bed spaces than when the Prime Minister promised…27 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeEight Justice Secretaries—it has been a struggle to keep count of their changing. We have had eight Home Secretaries in less than eight years and, even worse, two of them were the…15 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeI beg to move amendment (r), at the end of the Question to add: “and submit to Your Majesty that this House wishes to see an end to the violence in Israel and Palestine;…15 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeLet me correct the Secretary of State. He may not recall, but I tabled one of the first amendments on reform to introduce a stalking law. That same amendment was eventually taken…15 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI welcome the new Home Secretary to his post. He is the eighth Conservative Home Secretary in eight years—and what a mess he has inherited. The Supreme Court’s conclusion today is…15 Nov 2023HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Operational IndependenceWhere is the Home Secretary? She has sent the Policing Minister here to refuse to repeat her words. We have seen her words this morning; she has been attempting to rip up the…09 Nov 2023