Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill

The Government proposals are in my name and that of my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary. New ...

I seek clarification from the Minister. The risk of sexual harm orders, which the new sexual risk...

If I may, I will first pay tribute to the hon. Lady, who has campaigned on these issues for a lon...

When the Minister mentioned the sexual risk orders, he helpfully highlighted the fact that they w...

There is a specified list, which applies to the existing orders, and they are the obvious acts of...

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Before I give way to the hon. Gentleman, I will address the point made by the hon. Member for Sto...

I thank the Minister for his earlier comments and for his understanding of the need for safeguard...

We wish to avoid impracticalities in the system—we do not want to clog up the court system. The o...

The Minister is being very generous in giving way and I thank him. One of the things he is keepin...

As I said, I very much share the hon. Gentleman’s desire for the safeguards to be effective. That...

I thank the Minister for setting out the amendments in the group. These are a completely new set ...

The hon. Lady is providing a very helpful summary of the changes. I think that the removal of the...

I am grateful for that intervention, and I know that the hon. Gentleman speaks from a great deal ...

The hon. Lady is making a very important point about the standard of proof. One key consideration...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. Again, I know that he speaks from great experience. I simply...

I have been following everything that the hon. Lady says. I presume that she is not suggesting th...

I find it extremely annoying that when Liberal Democrats get to their feet on child protection is...

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I will continue, because I have a feeling that this debate could go on all night with the Liberal...

We have learnt that many of the problems in this area have been a failure of enforcement—a failur...

The new clauses and amendments have been tabled by the Government and the hon. Member for Oxford ...

If the hon. Lady looks at the new clause, she will see that the second half covers that point, so...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that clarification. I hope that the Minister will be able...

I thank the Minister and the shadow Minister for their opening remarks. I will speak to new claus...

I pay warm tribute to my hon. Friend for the outstanding work she is doing on this issue. I echo ...

Absolutely. To answer the shadow Minister’s question about whether a civil standard would be appr...

May I begin by apologising to the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Nicola Blackwood) for...

I echo those congratulations. One thing I have discovered in this House is that it is possible fo...

The hon. Gentleman is clearly talking about some horrific material, and I am listening carefully ...

No, it does not. I am looking at changes to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, not to the Obscene...

The Obscene Publications Act was very much on my mind as well. Very often this material is genera...

My hon. Friend goes halfway towards putting the case. He is right, but the police tell me that th...

The hon. Gentleman has given the House a valuable insight into how, for at least 10 years, he has...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman. I am delighted to have his support. When he was a Minister he w...

I strongly support the remarks of and the campaign by my friend, the hon. Member for Oxford West ...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I pay tribute to my colleague on the Home Affairs Commi...

In discussing civil orders I merely raised a question about the appropriate standard of proof. I ...

I thank the hon. Lady for that clarification. My own view is that I would not even want to consid...

The record will of course show this, but does my hon. Friend agree that his point was to raise a ...

I agree factually with the hon. Gentleman, but I do not want to dwell on that, because it detract...

I am sorry that I was not able to be here for the beginning of the debate; unfortunately, I had S...

My hon. Friend was one of the most vocal in the criticisms of the way in which Rochdale council o...

I appreciate my right hon. Friend’s intervention. I am more satisfied than ever that Rochdale cou...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his kind words. To pick up on the point made by the hon. ...

I completely agree. Much of this is about not just the tools available, but the culture in the lo...

I thank hon. Members from all parties, not just for their universal support for the measures, but...

The Minister has said that a few people campaigned on the issue. Does he agree that others failed...

Clearly, there were widespread failures in a number of institutions and that is what a large numb...

On the support that is available in court for vulnerable witnesses, does the Minister agree that ...

Appointing registered intermediaries before the first police interview may be difficult in practi...

I welcome the protections that allow defendants to apply for variation and discharge. However, I ...

That is a valid point. To deal with the practical point, once an order is made, the supervision o...

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No, you do not get another opportunity to speak, Sir Paul, but I assume that you do not wish to p...

A reasonable assumption.

Thank you. Maybe next time it would be helpful to make a point of order.

Question put and a...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Amendment 158, in clause 1, page ...

I wish to speak to the new clause and amendments that I and the hon. Member for Aberavon (Dr Fran...

My right hon. Friend is making an extremely good point. Has he had a chance to consider the repor...

I am aware of the report by the Home Affairs Committee. One good thing is that since I started—my...

My right hon. Friend is making an extremely good series of points. Does he share a concern about ...

One of the things that I hope we do better now because of Select Committees is take time to get B...

Let me start by paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield (Gloria De Piero) for th...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on his appointment. Conservatives and Liberal Democrats represent a...

My hon. Friend makes an interesting point, but antisocial behaviour can happen in any community. ...

Why, if ASBOs with criminal penalties attached are so successful, do 70% to 80% of teenagers agai...

I have given the hon. and learned Gentleman examples of how we successfully used ASBOs to drive d...

The hon. Gentleman argues the case for ASBOs passionately, but I am not sure hon. Members agree t...

That might be the hon. Gentleman’s view and that of many of his colleagues, but many in the polic...

I warmly welcome the hon. Gentleman to his new responsibilities. I remember his days as Labour le...

I argue that we should retain ASBOs alongside IPNAs as alternatives for the police and local coun...

I welcome my hon. Friend the Minister to his new position and I look forward to working with him ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for mentioning my constituent, who was involved in a horrific bul...

My hon. Friend makes a very good point, and that is exactly why it is important to add to the Bil...

I support amendments 158, 176 and 177, which have been tabled by the Joint Committee on Human Rig...

I said that we would not press the amendments to a Division tonight so that we can hear what the ...

I am hoping that the relationship the right hon. Gentleman has with the Minister is so influentia...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell). I agree wit...

Whether or not ASBOs were effective originally, does my hon. Friend agree that, over time, they h...

I agree; my hon. Friend is right that ASBOs simply do not work, so the idea of continuing them do...

Before the 1997 election, my right hon. Friend the Member for Coventry North East (Mr Ainsworth) ...

I absolutely accept that there are problems of antisocial behaviour, including in many areas of m...

Sometimes, of course, the best interest of the child is to have discipline from outside the famil...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right, highlighting why it is important to have this provision...

I agree with what the right hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Simon Hughes) and the h...

I intend to speak to the amendments for which I am at least in part responsible, and which were n...

Drawing the attention of those on the Opposition Front Bench to the speech that my hon. and learn...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention, but I fear that it may be counter-productiv...

I thank my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Stephen Phillips) f...

At a time when the police have had to suffer a 20% cut in funding, is it appropriate to expect th...

I certainly do not think the figures to which the hon. Gentleman refers reflect the cuts at groun...

I and a former leader of Lambeth council and others have dealt with these issues for a long time....

Naturally, I will try to be constructive. I wholly agree that the lower level nuisance and annoya...

My hon. Friend raises an extremely important point, to which I hope the Minister will respond. Mi...

I cannot use ignorance of the law as an excuse, but my hon. and learned Friend knows considerably...

May I take the opportunity of my first outing in my new capacity to thank Members on both sides o...

My hon. Friend has said that his amendments deal with an issue that was clearly controversial: th...

My right hon. Friend is as eager as he was when he first arrived in this House many years ago. If...

Why are the Government seeking to decriminalise antisocial behaviour when 80% of the public feel ...

I will come on to the powers we are introducing, but the hon. Gentleman spent a lot of his contri...

The Minister talked about trusting the police and local councils and adding more tools to their a...

First, ASBOs have been increasingly ineffective and have become a badge of honour in some cases; ...

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If the hon. Gentleman is going to withdraw it, I will gladly give way.

I am not planning to withdraw it. I wonder whether the Minister is dismissing out of hand the vie...

I am certainly not dismissing them, and they have been looked at carefully, but it is important t...

Does my hon. Friend agree that rather then relying on letters from the great and the good, perhap...

That is exactly right. The shadow Minister said that the recent crime survey showed that 80% of p...

The shadow Minister mentioned a list of people who have concerns about IPNAs. I think they would ...

I am grateful for that intervention, which puts the matter on the record.

The shadow Minist...

I wonder whether the Minister could re-read the script that he has just read. He spoke about an i...

I understand entirely the point that the hon. Gentleman is making. I make no promises, but I have...

The hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) and I both raised that last matter. I u...

There was particular concern about processions and picketing. That is why they were singled out f...

Is it not a difficulty, though, that even though the amendment may be intended simply to be conse...

The advice I am getting from officials is very clear—that this is an appropriate conclusion to re...

We are raising these issues because the Welsh Assembly Government have raised them. Perhaps, rath...

As I understand it, we have spoken to the Welsh Assembly Government, but I think I have made a ge...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Minister for dealing with all the new clauses and amendments—...

The last one is amendment 177. I think the right hon. Gentleman said it was amendment 178. On ame...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right; I meant amendment 177, which is the highest-numbered in t...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

New clause 4—Firearms’ licensing—...

The purpose of the amendments is to preserve the position of the authority of Scottish Ministers ...

I thank the Minister for setting out his amendments. The Opposition think these are entirely sens...

I want to focus my remarks on new clause 4. Part 8 of the Bill deals with firearms, and I broadly...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is not right to pursue legislative change against law-abidi...

I suppose it would depend on the aim of the legislative change. The community that I represent ne...

In a rural area such as mine, a number of people have to hold firearms licences because they deal...

The hon. Lady is absolutely right that if the burden can be transferred to another expense and ta...

I am grateful to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton (Steve Rotheram) for his very thoughtful s...

I hope that, in the course of his deliberations, the Minister will consider some of my constituen...

My hon. Friend has made a good point. I shall deal shortly with the third issue that I identified...

What guarantees or safeguards will be in place for husbands or partners who are firearms holders ...

The protections are the new guidelines, the new professional standards issued by the college and ...

Given that such huge cuts are being made to public services these days, does the Minister feel en...

The point that I am making is that it is today; the use of an electronic licensing system is avai...

Surely, using e-commerce for firearms licensing will still involve police time in investigating i...

The short answer is that it can. Yes, the police will want to do thorough checks of the premises ...

Can the Minister give me some idea of what the police feel the cost would be if they were to use ...

The hon. Lady may be right, but the more people use electronic systems, the more savings there ar...