Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Baroness May of Maidenhead and Simon Hart

Monday 15th July 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mrs May]

The right hon. Lady is very well aware that Her Majesty’s inspectorate of constabulary has made it clear that the front line in policing is being protected. I note that no Member on the Opposition Benches, be it the shadow Home Secretary or any other hon. Member, welcomes the 10% fall in crime that we have seen since the general election.

[Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) (Con)]

T2. Will the Home Secretary update the House on the role of police and crime commissioners in her proposals for the handling of police complaints?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Baroness May of Maidenhead and Simon Hart

Monday 10th June 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mrs May]

As the right hon. Lady is aware, intercept warranty is covered by RIPA, and as I said, my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary will shortly make a statement about the legal framework under which the agencies operate. I suggest that she waits for that statement. I am clear that the ISC will have available to it the evidence it needs to conduct the inquiry, and it is right and proper that it does that. Of course, it has a new status in terms of its relationship with Parliament. I think people will want the Committee to conduct that inquiry, as my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kensington, who chairs it, has indicated it will.

[Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) (Con)]

T2. What plans do the Government have to regulate covert surveillance by private investigators?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Baroness May of Maidenhead and Simon Hart

Monday 25th March 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mrs May]

I am pleased at the excellent news that the Prime Minister will open the exhibition, and I congratulate my hon. Friend on his work in chairing the all-party group on human trafficking and on bringing forward that exhibition. I am sure that it will remind us not just of the hidden trafficking that exists in UK constituencies as a result of cross-border trafficking but also—unfortunately—of the fact that trafficking takes place within the United Kingdom.

[Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) (Con)]

2. What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of neighbourhood policing.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Baroness May of Maidenhead and Simon Hart

Monday 15th October 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mrs May]

I was asked about the Chief Whip earlier and I answered the question. The right hon. Lady really should listen to the answers that are given to questions.

[Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) (Con)]

T2. The Home Secretary will be aware of the excellent scheme run by Dyfed-Powys police, which has cracked down on antisocial behaviour connected to the night-time economy in west Wales. In congratulating that force, will she consider rolling out that scheme across the whole UK, as it saves public money and police time?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Baroness May of Maidenhead and Simon Hart

Monday 12th December 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mrs May]

I thank my right hon. Friend for his question. I recognise the interest that he has consistently shown in ensuring that the police and crime panels have the powers necessary to scrutinise the work of the police and crime commissioners. They will be different from police authorities, so their role will not be the same. We have set out clearly the interaction that they should have with the police and crime commissioner and with the chief constable of the police force area. As for budgets, our overall aim is that the new regime will cost no more than police authorities do today.

[Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) (Con)]

6. What steps she is taking to improve efficiency within police forces.

Disturbances (London)

Debate between Baroness May of Maidenhead and Simon Hart

Monday 28th March 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mrs May]

I would say to those who want to comment on the remarks made by individuals about the demonstration that the reason Opposition Front Benchers are choosing to say so much about the Mayor is perhaps because they do not want to talk much about the comments made by the Leader of the Opposition at the demonstration.

[Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) (Con)]

The Home Secretary will be aware that, back in 2002, I was partly responsible for bringing 407,000 people to the capital and back again without so much as cracking a window pane. Will she assure the House that future protests will not be made more awkward or more expensive as a result of her proposals?