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Commons Chamber
Knife crime - Thu 14 Dec 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) constituency of Aldridge-Brownhills, “The Knife Angel”, a powerful sculpture crafted from surrendered knives - Speech Link
2: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall) They just want answers, and to know how we can stop people carrying knives. - Speech Link
3: Rob Butler (Con - Aylesbury) It is outside Southcourt Baptist Church, where people feel much safer going to deposit their knives or - Speech Link
4: Rob Butler (Con - Aylesbury) More than half the knives that have been deposited in Aylesbury were deposited at Southcourt Baptist - Speech Link
5: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) We will introduce a ban on certain types of large knives that seem to appeal to those who want to use - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Serious Violence: Battersea - Thu 14 Dec 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Marsha De Cordova (Lab - Battersea) Nationally, serious violence is up by 60% since 2015, with knife crime, gun crime and robbery all increasing - Speech Link
2: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) to those who want to use these items as weapons—for instance, zombie-style knives or machetes. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Criminal Justice Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) , deter crime and reassure the public. - Speech Link
2: Stephen Metcalfe (Con - South Basildon and East Thurrock) Having an offence for knives with a similar intent is welcome. - Speech Link
3: Stephen Metcalfe (Con - South Basildon and East Thurrock) The prohibited knives in a public place distinction is welcome. - Speech Link
4: Stephen Metcalfe (Con - South Basildon and East Thurrock) As a constituency MP, I have reported to the police the sale of these knives. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda) We watch events in Ukraine and declare that the butchery in Bucha or in Mariupol is a war crime. - Speech Link
2: Natalie Elphicke (Con - Dover) If we stop the boats, we save lives—and we do not just save lives; we cut crime, and we put a stop to - Speech Link
3: Clive Efford (Lab - Eltham) general election soon because they are going to run out of backs into which to put their respective knives - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Criminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) rise in what I would call complex crime and vulnerability. - Speech Link
2: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) Are they visiting shops that sell knives, for example? - Speech Link
3: None That could only be done in relation to economic crime in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency - Speech Link
4: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) when we did the project on hate crime law a few years ago, which you may remember. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Criminal Justice Bill (First sitting) - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Metcalfe (Con - South Basildon and East Thurrock) Chief Constable Stephens: There are a number of provisions here, including the ability to seize knives - Speech Link
2: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) Q On that point, the ability of the police to seize knives that may be lawfully held in private but - Speech Link
3: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) maximum penalty for manufacturing, importing, supplying or selling offensive weapons such as zombie knives - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Violent Crime and Antisocial Behaviour: Carshalton and Wallington - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Paul Scully (Con - Sutton and Cheam) make sure that we can bring down the fear of crime. - Speech Link
2: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) These doorbell cameras deter crime in their own right. - Speech Link
3: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) and machetes that are currently legal; double the sentence for selling knives to under-18s; and give - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sentencing Bill - Wed 06 Dec 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Levels of crime have come down by more than 50% since 2010. - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) His points about sunset clauses and knives are well understood and well made; it seems to us that there - Speech Link
3: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) On organised crime gangs, county lines have been dismantled, knives have been taken off our streets and - Speech Link
4: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) No one can say that we are not tough on crime. - Speech Link
5: Kevin Brennan (Lab - Cardiff West) We used to say when we were in government,“tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime”.He is absolutely - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Town Centre Safety - Tue 05 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) to restrict the sale of dozens of products that in the wrong hands could be dangerous, such as acid, knives - Speech Link
2: Holly Lynch (Lab - Halifax) for assault with injury involving knives. - Speech Link
3: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) This Parliament makes laws that we expect shop workers to uphold—on cigarette sales, on alcohol, on knives - Speech Link
4: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) knives and weapons from London’s streets each month on average. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Violence and Abuse towards the Retail Workforce - Tue 05 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) retail crime a priority in local policing strategies. - Speech Link
2: Feryal Clark (Lab - Enfield North) As we have heard, they describe attacks involving syringes and knives; it is truly appalling. - Speech Link
3: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) Of course, crime in general is coming down. - Speech Link