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Domestic Violence — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): I am delighted to hear that Scotland is doing that. New police training has been developed by the voluntary sector in England and Wales. It is called Domestic Abuse Matters and focuses on the recognition of controlling and coercive behaviour, and it is being rolled out to forces throughout the country.
Modern Slavery — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government remain committed to stamping out the abhorrent crime of modern slavery, both at home and overseas. We have strengthened the operational law enforcement response and introduced new requirements for victims to report on slavery in their supply chains, and we are now transforming the support that we provide to victims. Internationally, we continue to work with partners to build capacity and consensus to prevent modern slavery, wherever it occurs.
Modern Slavery — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that question. Local police forces work with the National Crime Agency so that we have a nationwide response to modern slavery. Let us be clear that trafficking, particularly if it involves women and victims of sexual trafficking, is completely unacceptable. I encourage local police forces to work with the NCA to investigate and prosecute those offences when they can.
Modern Slavery — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: Last year, in a meeting of the all-party group on the hair industry, I praised the charity Unseen for its work on tackling modern slavery, particularly given the number of victims being exploited within the lifestyle, hair and beauty sectors. With that in mind, will the Secretary of State, or her Ministers, agree to meet me and the chief executive officer of the Hair Council to discuss what actions the hair and beauty industry can take to help end this exploitation?
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): One reason why we are improving the national referral mechanism is precisely to build resilience during that vital period. We are trebling the period once a person has been found to be a victim of modern slavery in order to build resilience in respect of those people, so that they are not prone to becoming victims of modern slavery or trafficking again.
Modern Slavery — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: Last year, in a meeting of the all-party group on the hair industry, I praised the charity Unseen for its work on tackling modern slavery, particularly given the number of victims being exploited within the lifestyle, hair and beauty sectors. With that in mind, will the Secretary of State, or her Ministers, agree to meet me and the chief executive officer of the Hair Council to discuss what actions the hair and beauty industry can take to help end this exploitation?
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. We have looked at the national referral mechanism because we are conscious that criminal gangs, as they find out what law enforcement and others are up to and as crime develops, change their modus operandi. If there are particular issues that he wishes to raise with me, I will be happy to meet him to discuss them further.
Modern Slavery — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: Last year, in a meeting of the all-party group on the hair industry, I praised the charity Unseen for its work on tackling modern slavery, particularly given the number of victims being exploited within the lifestyle, hair and beauty sectors. With that in mind, will the Secretary of State, or her Ministers, agree to meet me and the chief executive officer of the Hair Council to discuss what actions the hair and beauty industry can take to help end this exploitation?
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): I agree. Indeed, when the Prime Minister was Home Secretary, she undertook the massive piece of work that became the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which is universally recognised. When I have the opportunity to discuss this with our international partners, I find that the Act is universally recognised as being world-leading. The issue will very much continue to be a priority for the Government and we will continue to give victims the support they need.
Modern Slavery — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: Last year, in a meeting of the all-party group on the hair industry, I praised the charity Unseen for its work on tackling modern slavery, particularly given the number of victims being exploited within the lifestyle, hair and beauty sectors. With that in mind, will the Secretary of State, or her Ministers, agree to meet me and the chief executive officer of the Hair Council to discuss what actions the hair and beauty industry can take to help end this exploitation?
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. and learned Lady is referring to section 50 of the Act, which provides for regulations. Those regulations are being reviewed at the moment—indeed, we have been in contact with the noble Lord who brought that private Member’s Bill before the other place. The regulations are very much under review. We are conscious that, as crime and criminal gangs change, we must keep up to date with our response, too.
Policing of Gangs — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): Last week, the Home Secretary launched the Government’s serious violence strategy, which contains a commitment to ensure that independent police inspections have a focus on serious violence and include thematic inspection of police forces’ response to county lines in 2018-19.
Policing of Gangs — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): I could not agree more with the emphasis that the hon. Lady places on the balance needed between robust law enforcement and early intervention and prevention, to steer young people away from violent crime. That is exactly the balance that we are setting out in the serious violence strategy I also agree with the hon. Lady’s second point. In fact, I heard it directly from youth workers in north Manchester, when I visited a factory there recently. They said, "Don’t pin all this on gangs in large parts of Manchester." This is not about gangs; it is about very serious work to steer young people away from a path that can have devastating consequences for them.
Policing of Gangs — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Philip Andrew Davies (Conservative, Centre-right): Does the Minister accept that changes to stop-and-search laws have led to an increase in the number of deaths through knife crime? Will he give a commitment that he will let our excellent police forces get on with doing their job, without having one or both hands tied behind their backs by politicians who are flexing their politically correct muscles and sticking their noses in where they are not needed?
Policing of Gangs — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): With respect to my hon. Friend, with whom I go back a long way, there is absolutely no evidence to support his first assertion. In fact, the last big decline in knife attacks and violent crime coincided with a fall in stop and search. I will say, quite categorically, that we see stop and search emphatically as a vital tool in the police armoury as part of the robust law enforcement that we want. However, we have been clear that it needs to be used legally, targeted, intelligence-led and, ideally, increasingly supported by body-worn video.
Policing of Gangs — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: I had been thinking that Question 9 might have worked, but thank you very much for calling me now, Mr Speaker. Organised crime groups south of the border are believed to be behind a recent spate of burglaries of gold from Asian families’ houses, including 12 in East Dunbartonshire, leaving families terrified. A UK-wide response is clearly needed. Will the Minister meet me to discuss how policing efforts can be co-ordinated across the border to bring those responsible to justice?
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): I am happy to say that the Minister for Security has muttered his acceptance of that invitation to me. We are increasingly aware of the need to better align national, cross-national, regional and local capability to bear down on serious organised crime as it becomes more complex and affects more of our constituents.
Policing of Gangs — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: I had been thinking that Question 9 might have worked, but thank you very much for calling me now, Mr Speaker. Organised crime groups south of the border are believed to be behind a recent spate of burglaries of gold from Asian families’ houses, including 12 in East Dunbartonshire, leaving families terrified. A UK-wide response is clearly needed. Will the Minister meet me to discuss how policing efforts can be co-ordinated across the border to bring those responsible to justice?
Theresa Anne Villiers (Conservative, Centre-right): There is widespread support for what the Minister has said—that we need both a policing response and a response based on intervention to prevent young people from being involved in gang violence—but what is he doing to deliver on the crucial task of assessing which interventions are the most effective and deliver the best results?
Policing of Gangs — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: I had been thinking that Question 9 might have worked, but thank you very much for calling me now, Mr Speaker. Organised crime groups south of the border are believed to be behind a recent spate of burglaries of gold from Asian families’ houses, including 12 in East Dunbartonshire, leaving families terrified. A UK-wide response is clearly needed. Will the Minister meet me to discuss how policing efforts can be co-ordinated across the border to bring those responsible to justice?
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): As my right hon. Friend says, the serious violence strategy balances the need for robust law enforcement with really effective work to support prevention and early intervention. That needs to be evidence-led, otherwise we will waste money. Part of the Home Office’s responsibility is to ensure that commissioners have the best evidence about what works.
Policing of Gangs — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: I had been thinking that Question 9 might have worked, but thank you very much for calling me now, Mr Speaker. Organised crime groups south of the border are believed to be behind a recent spate of burglaries of gold from Asian families’ houses, including 12 in East Dunbartonshire, leaving families terrified. A UK-wide response is clearly needed. Will the Minister meet me to discuss how policing efforts can be co-ordinated across the border to bring those responsible to justice?
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): I am disappointed that the hon. Lady should focus on that, not least because she was more sensible on the "Today" programme when she said, "We do not say that there is a direct causal factor between the number of officers on the ground and the number of crimes." In saying that, she joined the Met Commissioner, who was also quite clear that causes of violent crime are complex and cannot simply be reduced down to resourcing. I give the hon. Lady credit for her interview on the "Today" programme because it was a lot more sensible than her question, which was partisan and party political at a time, frankly, when I think the public are sick and tired of politicians chipping away at each other on this issue and want to see us work together to put an end to this dreadful cycle of violence.
Human Trafficking: 45-Day Recovery and Reflection Period — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Social Welfare
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): If I may, I will write to the hon. Gentleman about that. We are very conscious, having listened to stakeholders, that the period in which they tell us victims most need support is after a decision has been made, and that is why we have trebled it.
National Crime Agency — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (Conservative, Centre-right): We have made significant progress in the fight against serious and organised crime since the National Crime Agency was established in 2013. Capabilities have improved, partnership working is better and we intervene earlier to prevent criminal activity. The agency has been instrumental to that progress and has gone from strength to strength, with an impressive and sustained track record of disruption across the full range of serious and organised crime threats.
National Crime Agency — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: International Affairs
Andrew James Bridgen (Conservative, Centre-right): Will my right hon. Friend confirm that, contrary to recent media speculation, politicians from within the European Union can be subject to unexplained wealth orders, and that this will continue to be the case after we leave the European Union?
National Crime Agency — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (Conservative, Centre-right): I recommend that the hon. Gentleman looks at examples in other parts of the country of how county lines are dealt with using other agencies. I think his local authority is Ilford. Many local authorities and police forces work together on county lines in a pan-agency group, including social services and other local authorities. I saw one recently in Merseyside, which is doing exactly what he urges. If he thinks Ilford is not doing that, I would be very happy to meet him and the council to see what it can do to improve.
National Crime Agency — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Peter William Bone (Conservative, Centre-right): A wave of organised crime burglaries is happening in the Wellingborough constituency. In one case, two 60-year-olds—a man and a woman—were taken into separate rooms and threatened with all sorts of things that would happen to their other half. This was in the early evening, and the burglars just smashed in the front door. Those people said to me, "What would happen if we’d defended ourselves? If we’d protected ourselves, would we have ended up in prison?" We need to look at that issue again.
National Crime Agency — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend makes an important point about self-defence and the rights of homeowners. He will obviously have seen the recent events—I cannot of course refer to that case because it is sub judice, or certainly an issue in hand—but there is clear guidance about this from the Ministry of Justice. It is important that people understand they have a right to self-defence, but they should sometimes be careful not to take the law into their own hands. If the organised criminals are well armed and dangerous, people should rely on the help of the blue light services.
National Crime Agency — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (Conservative, Centre-right): In answer to the hon. Gentleman’s first question, that will be part of the overall funding package from the Home Office through either normal police transformation funding or existing National Crime Agency funding. However, county lines are developing more and more across the country, and that is why the Home Office—internally, with the National Crime Agency—has put together a strategy to look at what intelligence can be learned. If the lessons are that we require more resource or better inter-agency working, we will obviously reflect that in the serious and organised crime strategy that is due to come before the House soon.
Biometric Residence Permits — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What estimate she has made of the number of people born outside the EU who have leave to remain in the UK but do not have biometric residence permits.
Amber Rudd (Conservative, Centre-right): I share the hon. Lady’s view that they have contributed so much to this country. I am today announcing that I am setting up a new taskforce across the Department to ensure a swift response. I am also introducing a waiver for the fees involved and a number of other measures that I hope will go a long way to assisting the Commonwealth citizens who should have their rights confirmed without charge.
Online Radicalisation — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (Conservative, Centre-right): This Government have been clear there should be no safe space online for terrorists and their supporters to radicalise or inspire people. We are working closely with industry, including through the Global Internet Forum, to counter terrorism and to encourage industry to develop innovative solutions to tackle online radicalisation.
Online Radicalisation — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (Conservative, Centre-right): I do agree with my hon. Friend. It was the Home Office that took the initiative to set up the counter-terrorism internet referral unit, which has seen 300,000 pieces of terrorist propaganda taken down—voluntarily, but taken down none the less. It was the Home Office that worked with ASI Data Science to develop an automatic model, which has a 99.9% accuracy rate. If we can do it, why can those companies not?
Online Radicalisation — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Technology
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady makes a really valid point. One of the challenges is that, while broadcast is obviously covered by Ofcom and so on, some individuals move online and broadcast speeches that would be illegal if they were broadcast under Ofcom’s responsibility. I am due to visit the United States this week, and that is exactly one of the points that I shall be raising, so her question was very timely.
Online Radicalisation — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (Conservative, Centre-right): First of all, the relative could make a report to the police, the local authority, local safeguarding officers or safeguarding officers at school. That report would then be looked at in conjunction with a Prevent panel. People’s names would not be logged; they would not be part of a deep surveillance operation. They would simply be looked at, and the case would be discussed at a multi-agency level. Over 30% of cases are referred to other safeguarding—it might be domestic abuse or sexual abuse—and about half see no further action taken. So it is all done delicately, with respect for the individual and respect for the community. At the end, we get a good outcome, whereby a significant number of people are given assistance and are no longer radicalised or a threat.
Online Radicalisation — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (Conservative, Centre-right): In answer to the hon. Gentleman’s question, and the question from the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green), there is no doubt that the only way to curtail such radicalisation is by working with all our international partners, whether in the middle east, Europe or the United States. We have to act together, which is why my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary sits on the Global Internet Forum to ensure that we push those countries together. The United Kingdom’s lead has raised awareness and proved that solid solutions can be delivered.
Police and Law Enforcement: Recruitment — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: What steps she is taking to recruit a broad range of people to the police and law enforcement agencies with the skills required to tackle modern crime.; What steps she is taking to recruit a broad range of people to the police and law enforcement agencies with the skills required to tackle modern crime.
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): As crime and society change, so must the police. That was why we established the College of Policing to raise standards and the quality of training, and why we funded innovative schemes such as Direct Entry and Police Now, which are bringing in fresh skills and talent.
Police and Law Enforcement: Recruitment — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: What steps she is taking to recruit a broad range of people to the police and law enforcement agencies with the skills required to tackle modern crime.; What steps she is taking to recruit a broad range of people to the police and law enforcement agencies with the skills required to tackle modern crime.
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for raising that fundamental point, because more and more of our constituents are vulnerable to crime online—crime enabled by the internet—and it is absolutely vital that our police forces have the right skills to tackle crime. That is why, as part of our £1.9 billion cyber programme, we are investing in awareness programmes such as CyberFirst and creating the cyber digital career pathways project to ensure that officers have the skills that they need to face modern crime.
Police and Law Enforcement: Recruitment — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: What steps she is taking to recruit a broad range of people to the police and law enforcement agencies with the skills required to tackle modern crime.; What steps she is taking to recruit a broad range of people to the police and law enforcement agencies with the skills required to tackle modern crime.
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): The Home Secretary and I attach great importance to this because we have policing by consent, and it is incredibly important that our police forces represent better the communities that they serve. They are more representative than ever, but are nowhere near where they need to be, and that is why the college, the police chiefs and the superintendents are working together to develop a national diversity strategy, which is being presented to chiefs this week. We attach huge importance to the strategy’s implementation so that our police forces can become increasingly representative of the communities they serve.
Police and Law Enforcement: Recruitment — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: What steps she is taking to recruit a broad range of people to the police and law enforcement agencies with the skills required to tackle modern crime.; What steps she is taking to recruit a broad range of people to the police and law enforcement agencies with the skills required to tackle modern crime.
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): I think that the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Louth and Horncastle (Victoria Atkins) colleague, who is responsible for crime and safeguarding, has agreed to meet the hon. Lady to discuss this important point further.
Prostitution — House of Commons, 2018-04-16
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government’s focus remains on protecting those selling sex from harm and enabling the police to target those who exploit vulnerable people involved in prostitution. We recognise the need for research on the nature and prevalence of prostitution before we consider any changes to legislation and policy. We have commissioned research by the University of Bristol to achieve this aim.