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Settled Status — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the new process for non-UK EU citizens resident in the UK to apply for settled status. [R]
Andrew James Bridgen (Conservative, Centre-right): Does the Minister agree that the fact that 3 million or 3.5 million EU citizens wish to remain in the UK after we leave the EU is a huge vote of confidence in post-Brexit Britain’s future? Does she wish that all colleagues in this House had as much confidence as those EU citizens who wish to remain in the UK after we leave?
Sexual Exploitation of Vulnerable Children — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government attach the highest priority to tackling child sexual exploitation and abuse, declaring it a national threat and investing significantly in law enforcement capacity to transform the police response. Last year’s "Tackling child sexual exploitation" progress report announced a £40 million package of measures to protect children and young people from sexual abuse and exploitation, and to crack down on offenders.
Sexual Exploitation of Vulnerable Children — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Lucy Allan (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister for her response. Child sexual exploitation victims often struggle to get justice. What steps will she take to ensure that the police identify grooming and child sexual exploitation, and that they do not mistake those serious crimes for consensual sex?
Sexual Exploitation of Vulnerable Children — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): I know that my hon. Friend is pursuing this campaign with great vigour. We have provided £1.9 million to the College of Policing to develop a training package for first responders to vulnerable people. The package teaches the importance of applying professional judgment when identifying signs of issues such as grooming, and police guidance makes it clear that sexual grooming and sexual communication with a child are offences in their own right.
Sexual Exploitation of Vulnerable Children — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): Every case has to be judged on its own facts, but I would hope that any police investigation—and, indeed, any prosecution—would reflect any history of grooming when the case came before a judge and jury. If the hon. Lady wishes to refer a particular case to me, I will of course be delighted to review it.
Sexual Exploitation of Vulnerable Children — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): As the hon. Lady knows, county lines is a policing priority. It is a major element of our serious violence strategy, precisely because we recognise the harm that it can cause not only through acts of violence among gang members but in the wider community. That is precisely why we have contributed £3.5 million towards a national co-ordination centre to help to spread the message and the intelligence about county lines among police forces.
Knife Crime — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government have published a serious violence strategy that sets out a range of actions to tackle knife crime, including a national media campaign, continuing support for police action under Operation Sceptre, an offensive weapons Bill and a new round of the Community Fund.
Knife Crime — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Gareth Alan Johnson (Conservative, Centre-right): Does the Secretary of State agree that we need a multi-faceted approach to tackling knife crime? It is essential that we not only disrupt but educate those people who are likely to offend, but it is also important that we retain a high likelihood of imprisonment for anyone who refuses to stop carrying a knife.
Knife Crime — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I agree with my hon. Friend. Offenders need to know that if they commit serious crimes, a prison cell awaits them. That is a huge deterrent, and it is also very much a part of the serious violence strategy.
Knife Crime — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Mark Gino Francois (Conservative, Centre-right): Unfortunately, we have seen an increase in the prevalence of knife crime in Essex over the past year. Some of it is associated with county lines drugs operations moving out into Essex from the capital. What action is the Home Secretary’s Department taking, in association with the Essex police, to fight this menace on our streets?
Knife Crime — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I know that the police in Essex taking this issue seriously. Among the actions that they are taking, one thing I would encourage them to do more of is to apply to the Community Fund and to focus a bit more on early intervention, which I know they are interested in and have done successfully before. They have received funding for such projects before, and I would encourage them to seek it again.
Knife Crime — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady is right that much more can be done that does not require legislation, meaning it can be done more quickly. She talked about criminal behaviour orders. We are looking at that very issue and seeing whether their use can be expanded.
Knife Crime — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I commend the work that is being done locally by West Midlands police to fight violent crime, particularly knife crime, and I am sure that the funds that it has put to use will make a difference. I would be happy to meet the hon. Gentleman and other local Members of Parliament to discuss the matter further.
Knife Crime — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: With 44 fatal stabbings in London this year alone, does my right hon. Friend not accept that even the BME community would now welcome a tougher stance on stop and search—[Interruption.] Initially, the BME community argued against it and that is why I used the word “even”. Therefore, does my right hon. Friend think that it is time to provide different guidance to the police on when stop and search is appropriate?
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): Perhaps my hon. Friend listened to or heard about the speech I gave to the Police Federation just last week, when I said that the police should be examining all the powers that they currently have, including stop and search. Whenever they think that it is appropriate, they should not hesitate to use it because that will help all communities.
Police Numbers — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): It is for police and crime commissioners and chief constables to decide the size of their workforces. We are helping the police to respond to changing demand with a £460 million increase in overall funding in 2018-19, including through the council tax precept, and many PCCs are using that cash for extra recruitment.
Police Numbers — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Laurence Anthony Robertson (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Home Secretary for that response. Tackling terrorism is obviously extremely important, but the more immediate concern for people each and every day comes from crimes such as burglary and antisocial behaviour. Is he confident that police forces such as Gloucestershire’s will have sufficient officers to follow up complaints about those crimes and see them through right to the end?
Police Numbers — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I reassure my hon. Friend that we are helping the police to respond to the changing demand that he mentions with the extra £460 million overall. Many PCCs have made a commitment to increase frontline policing. Gloucestershire has received a £3.6 million increase this year and I am sure that that will help. In addition, I will prioritise more police resources in the next spending review.
Police Numbers — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): The Metropolitan police does a fantastic job and its officers are incredibly dedicated. Over the past few weeks that I have been in this role I have had the opportunity to meet many of them. We must ensure that they have the resources they need. That is why the Metropolitan police received a record increase in the recent financial settlement, which has been welcomed.
Police Numbers — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh (Conservative, Centre-right): The Policing Minister is sitting next to the Home Secretary and will be able to brief him on the crisis in police funding in Lincolnshire. He will tell the Home Secretary that we are one of the bottom three authorities in the entire country for funding, so what is the Home Secretary going to do to try to resolve this matter? It would take relatively little and relatively few steps, and it would be cost-effective to ensure that we were fairly funded in Lincolnshire to help to resolve rural crime.
Police Numbers — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Government Operations
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): For a moment I thought I was back in Housing, Communities and Local Government questions, as that sounds like a question about local government funding in Lincolnshire. My hon. Friend makes an important point. There is an increase of more than £3 million for local policing in Lincolnshire in the latest settlement, but this is an important issue that I wish to look at much more closely as we get to the spending review.
Police Numbers — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): What I recognise is that, for a number of reasons, there has been an increase in recorded crime and certain types of crime, such as cyber-crime, and there has been more reporting of past sexual offences and of domestic crime. We are encouraging that and we want to see it reported. We have to make sure resources match that demand, which is why the increase this year is very welcome. As we get to the spending review, we have to make sure that we have the right amount of resources for the long term.
Police Numbers — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): Where I agree with my hon. Friend is that it is important that people who are sentenced serve the appropriate amount of time. I am aware of the issues he raises, and I would welcome discussing them with him further.
Police Numbers — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): Perhaps it is worth my reminding the hon. Gentleman that at the last election he stood on a manifesto that wanted to cut police funding by 5% to 10%, whereas this Government have protected it. If his correlation were correct—if it were correct—crime would have gone up even more had Labour been in office.
Fire Services: Workforce — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. May I ask my right hon. Friend what work his Department can do to support the Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, as he seeks greater collaboration between the police and fire services in the west midlands?
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): I assure my hon. Friend that I speak regularly to Andy Street. The Government are determined to honour the second devolution deal, including with proposals to help to bring police and fire services under the Mayor, as we have done in London and Manchester. I assure my hon. Friend that we are absolutely committed to working with both Andy Street and the police and crime commissioner to make sure that that happens by 2020.
Cyber-attacks — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Technology
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government recognise that cyber is a tier 1 risk to the UK’s economic and national security. The Home Secretary and I hold regular discussions with ministerial colleagues, the National Security Council, GCHQ and other Government Departments, both to tackle the overall threat and in response to specific incidents.
Cyber-attacks — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Technology
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (Conservative, Centre-right): Through both the Joint Fraud Taskforce and broader cyber-security meetings in the Home Office, we work with the industry to produce a common cyber aware campaign, to make sure that everyone is reading from the same hymn sheet and advice is consistent across government. We also work hand in hand with the National Cyber Security Centre to make sure that advice is given both to small businesses and the charitable sector, so that they are not made vulnerable. By investing £1.9 billion in the national cyber-capability programme, we can invest in the capability to see this off.
Cyber-attacks — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): Will my right hon. Friend join me in paying tribute to the personnel at GCHQ Scarborough, which is known locally as "Wireless station"? Together with their colleagues in Cheltenham, they work day and night to keep us safe from cyber-attacks and cyber-crime.
Domestic Violence — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government have introduced a new offence of coercive or controlling behaviour, rolled out new tools such as domestic violence protection orders, and committed £100 million to support victims of violence against women and girls, including a £17 million service transformation fund that supports 41 areas to promote early intervention and prevention. We are of course working towards the introduction of a draft Bill before the end of this Session.
Domestic Violence — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for her important work on supporting children and families. The Government are committed to early intervention in and the prevention of domestic abuse. We already fund schemes—such as Women’s Aid’s Ask Me scheme—that create safe spaces in communities so that victims can disclose. Following the closing of our domestic abuse consultation last week, we are considering all options on doing more.
Leaving the EU: Seasonal Workers — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Labor
Questions: What steps his Department is taking to ensure that the hospitality and tourism sector can continue to access seasonal workers from the EEA after the UK leaves the EU.
Stephen Daniel Double (Conservative, Centre-right): The tourism and hospitality sector’s No. 1 concern is post-Brexit access to the labour force. Many seasonal workers will not qualify for settled status under the current framework because of the seasonal nature of their work. Will the Minister consider some sort of seasonal workers scheme for the hospitality sector, along the same lines as a seasonal agricultural workers scheme?
Counter-extremism — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): The 2015 counter-extremism strategy committed the Government for the first time to tackling the non-terrorist harm that extremism causes. Since 2015, supported by civil society groups, we have taken steps to protect public institutions from the threat of extremism.
Counter-extremism — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Kwasi Alfred Addo Kwarteng (Conservative, Centre-right): In the light of the Parsons Green attack, which was committed by a refugee who had been fostered in my constituency, what steps is my right hon. Friend taking directly to make sure that the public feel safe when going about their daily business?
Counter-extremism — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I can tell my hon. Friend that the new counter-terrorism strategy introduced today touches on counter-extremism as well, and some lessons were learned from the Parsons Green attack. If he would like to learn more about that, I am happy to meet him.
Counter-extremism — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Caroline Alice Spelman (Conservative, Centre-right): After the bombing in Manchester, my constituency experienced a sudden sharp loss of police resources in favour of the city of Birmingham, so I welcome the £450 million extra to be spent on combating terrorism. Does the Home Secretary agree that programmes such as the Church Urban Fund’s Near Neighbours scheme are also needed to tackle the underlying causes of extremism and to help strengthen social cohesion?
Counter-extremism — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Social Welfare
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I agree very much with my right hon. Friend. She will know that I am a big fan of the Near Neighbours scheme. Since 2011 the Government have committed more than £11 million to it, and there is a further £2.6 million agreed for the next two years. There may also be support available from the Government’s "Building a Stronger Britain Together" campaign.
Immigration — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Caroline Fiona Ellen Nokes (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the right hon. Lady for her question, and I welcome the comments that various Select Committees have made on this issue. I have absolutely no doubt that she heard the Home Secretary’s comments yesterday, and I reassure her that we are looking at the matter closely.
Modern Slavery — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): The Government remain committed to stamping out the despicable crime of modern slavery. We have strengthened the operational law enforcement response and introduced world-leading requirements for businesses to report on slavery in their supply chains, and we are now transforming the support that we provide to victims.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): Yesterday we marked a year since the appalling attack at London Bridge and Borough Market, and less than two weeks ago we remembered those lost at Manchester Arena. Those sobering occasions remind us that the first duty of the Government, and my highest priority as Home Secretary, is to protect the public. Therefore, I today launch the Government’s new counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST, following the comprehensive review of our counter-terrorism approach announced by the Prime Minister a year ago. The strategy sets out how the Government will continue to tackle the serious and evolving threat from terrorism.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Robert Goodwill (Conservative, Centre-right): Will my right hon. Friend reassure me that an increased ability for MI5 and other public bodies to share information will not only deliver a more effective and joined-up response to the fast-changing nature of potential terrorism, but will also come with the right safeguards to protect the use of that information?
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I can give my right hon. Friend that assurance. One of the lessons learned from the 2017 attacks was that MI5 could share some of its information on a wider basis—not just with counter-terrorism police, but perhaps with elements of local government and neighbourhood police. That will happen in the pilots to which the Minister for Security and Economic Crime referred earlier. I assure my right hon. Friend that the information will be declassified and that there will be certain safeguards in place.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Sajid Javid (Conservative, Centre-right): I am pleased that the hon. and learned Lady has raised that case, because it was also raised with me last week by the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, who is also very concerned about it and has asked me to look into it. The hon. and learned Lady might know that there is an appeal going on with regard to Mr Darku, and I should not say too much about that. However, I am very sympathetic about the situation, and there will be no enforcement action while the review takes place.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank my hon. Friend for raising that point, and I also thank the all-party parliamentary group on prostitution and the global sex trade for its report. I know that my hon. Friend is a member of that group. The Government are committed to tackling the harm and exploitation that can be associated with prostitution. Those who want to leave should have every opportunity to do so. We have provided more than £2 million to organisations supporting prostitutes and sex workers, and we are now funding a study to look into the scale and nature of prostitution.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: International Affairs
Questions: On 6 April the USA announced tough sanctions against 24 Russian Government officials and oligarchs, including Oleg Deripaska, whose company floated here in London last year. When will we publish an equivalent British sanctions list on people whose presence and dirty money are not welcome on our shores?
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace (Conservative, Centre-right): I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the work he has done on this issue as the Government’s anti-corruption tsar. Like him, I was incredibly interested in the sanctions list that the United States published. He will be aware that the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 has gone through this House. There are further opportunities to strengthen the regime with, I hope, a Bill coming forward from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy with regard to designations. We will be exploring that issue. It is important to note that the United Kingdom has recently been at the forefront of driving out dirty Russian money—or indeed other dirty money. It is important that we tackle this issue head on.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-06-04
Topic: Law and Crime
Questions: On 6 April the USA announced tough sanctions against 24 Russian Government officials and oligarchs, including Oleg Deripaska, whose company floated here in London last year. When will we publish an equivalent British sanctions list on people whose presence and dirty money are not welcome on our shores?; The Home Secretary said yesterday that he is open to looking again at the inclusion of international students in net migration targets. He will know that there is strong support for that move on both sides of the House. Will he therefore meet me and other officers of the all-party parliamentary group on international students, prior to the publication of the Migration Advisory Committee review that his predecessor so wisely commissioned?; The people of Morley and Outwood want to see more police officers on the streets. What are the Government doing to recruit more police officers, particularly in West Yorkshire?
Nicholas Richard Hurd (Conservative, Centre-right): We have taken steps that have led to an additional £460 million of taxpayers’ money going into the police system, including another £9.9 million for West Yorkshire, where the police and crime commissioner has said that he will use it to recruit more than 140 police officers and staff—and that is on top of an increase in 2016. I am sure that my hon. Friend will do a great job in holding him to account to make sure that those additional resources are used to the benefit of her constituents.