Criminal Justice Bill

I thank the Home Secretary for giving way. It is so good to see him in the Chamber now. Could he ...

I do not have the figures to hand, but the—

rose—

The right hon. Lady has made an intervention. Let me make some progress now—[Interruption.] If sh...

Although drug testing makes sense, it is also important that we have drug and alcohol treatment f...

The hon. Gentleman makes an incredibly important point. Of course, this Bill focuses on the crime...

I welcome the Home Secretary to his position. He rightly says that a new proposal is being brough...

We are taking action to ensure that police officers, both at the start of their career and throug...

I thank my right hon. Friend and his colleagues for their fantastic work in implementing the Law ...

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s intervention. I am more than happy to ensure that her point is d...

I welcome the Home Secretary to his post. Not only is he the Home Secretary, but he is an old fri...

The hon. Gentleman makes an incredibly important point. Sadly, far too many people have, like him...

The Home Secretary will be aware of the campaign across the House to scrap the Vagrancy Act 1824,...

We have committed to scrapping the 1824 Act, and nobody should or will be criminalised simply for...

I thank the Home Secretary for giving way again; I will not test his patience too much more. Howe...

We have presented a Bill and the House has the opportunity to debate it. So rather than having co...

I wish to share my concerns, which are those the hon. Lady has mentioned. The Bill introduces a w...

The Bill makes it clear that any actions that will be taken will be in response to a continuing r...

The Home Secretary is right to say that the Vagrancy Act, as it comes to its bicentenary, is ripe...

My hon. Friend makes an important point about the need to update a number of provisions, includin...

These matters raise the issue of proportionality, and I am sympathetic to the Government’s positi...

My long-standing hon. Friend makes a number of points. Of course we want to ensure the Bill works...

In that spirit, on the basis that this is Second Reading and there are opportunities for this oth...

My right hon. and learned Friend makes some important and useful points based on his extensive ex...

While fraud accounts for 40% of recorded crime at the moment, only 1% of police resources are use...

By the nature of this crime type, specialism in investigation is inevitable. Ultimately, the trai...

Will my right hon. Friend give way a final time?

Cheeky.

It may save the House hearing from me at some length later.

I welcome the measures on fraud...

Once again, my hon. Friend makes a good point. We are always willing to listen to suggestions fro...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I am sorry, but I promised Madam Deputy Speaker that I would be winding up.

Last year, the ...

I am incredibly grateful to the Home Secretary for bringing forward legislation on sexual offende...

It is because we will have to bring it through as an amendment, but I can assure the hon. Lady th...

It is good to see the Home Secretary in his place. He was not here for the urgent question earlie...

My right hon. Friend is speaking with great authority on this. Every Member of this House knows h...

My hon. Friend is right that huge damage has been done to policing and the criminal justice syste...

One more very small point: I think my right hon. Friend knows of my interest in miscarriages of j...

It is certainly the case that far too many victims are not getting justice, because they are eith...

In February last year, both Houses of Parliament supported the repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824 vi...

My hon. Friend makes an important point about the detail and I hope that, in the evidence-gatheri...

The week before last, during Respect for Shopworkers Week, I had the pleasure of visiting one of ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the impact of shoplifting. If town centres do not feel s...

We do take retail theft and shoplifting very seriously and agree that more needs to be done, but ...

I would gently say to the Minister that the fact that it is an announcement—

It is a plan.

It is a plan; it is not even an announcement of something that is going to happen. It is an annou...

Will the right hon. Lady give way?

I will give way, because the Policing Minister is a glutton for punishment on this one.

The shadow Home Secretary is very kind to give way. I am sorry that facts and figures get in the ...

This is the problem with the Policing Minister: he just thinks that the country has never had it ...

On the restoration of police numbers, may I inform the Policing Minister that in Cleveland the nu...

My hon. Friend makes an important point—[Interruption.] I do not think the claims made from a sed...

It is a pleasure to follow the opening Front-Bench speeches, to which I have listened with intere...

The right hon. Lady talks about having confidence in the criminal justice system. I will park for...

The hon. Member is absolutely right. We have discussed that issue more broadly in relation to an ...

I know that the former Home Secretary takes the police covenant very seriously. Does she agree th...

The right hon. Lady is absolutely right; we have had discussions about that point previously. I t...

I was moved, around the period of remembrance, that Gloucestershire Constabulary arranged for a s...

That is a very nice practical example of a community coming together to commemorate and recognise...

I share my right hon. Friend’s slight misgivings about that clause; it will be interesting to hea...

I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. He and I spent a great deal of time discussing...

I call the SNP spokesperson.

3.22 pm

It is a pleasure to follow the former Home Secretary, the right hon. Member for Witham (Priti Pat...

I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak about this very important Bill, and it is of cours...

What the hon. Lady is saying is incredibly powerful, and I wholeheartedly agree with her. Does sh...

I completely agree with the hon. Lady. People who find themselves sleeping rough on the streets a...

I call the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee.

3.45 pm

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak on the Second Reading of the Criminal Justi...

The right hon. Lady is making a powerful speech and has concentrated on the ethics of policing in...

I am very grateful to the right hon. Lady, who speaks with great knowledge about this area and ab...

It is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana J...

I want to put on the record, for clarity, that the Bill contains separate provisions to deal with...

Let me confirm that I was talking about rough sleeping. The antisocial behaviour action plan, whi...

This Bill presents a precious opportunity to address some of the big problems that exist within o...

I rise to support the Bill, which will help to make our constituents safer, including by imposing...

There are a number of measures in the Bill that we can all agree are very welcome, and I want to ...

I have been listening very carefully to the hon. Lady. Can I ask her to explain why there is a su...

I wish I could tell the hon. Gentleman what I think is the cause for sure. There are a number of ...

I am pleased to welcome the Bill, and many of the measures to tackle serious organised crime and ...

May I ask my hon. Friend what the reason is for a tenfold increase in cuckooing in Eastbourne?