Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Adnan Hussain Excerpts
Monday 21st October 2024

(2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jess Phillips Portrait Jess Phillips
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I could not agree more that we need to strengthen this area, with women especially feeling less confidence over the last few years. We will announce in due course—I promise the hon. Lady that we are working on this at pace—how we are going to ensure that police conduct and vetting systems are fit for purpose, to bring back some of the trust that has been lost.

Adnan Hussain Portrait Mr Adnan Hussain (Blackburn) (Ind)
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Although I welcome the Home Secretary’s response on antisocial behaviour involving e-scooters and bikes, I wish to reiterate the concerns of my residents in Blackburn. Will she consider not only additional powers for the police but civil powers for local authorities to combat hotspot areas before somebody is seriously hurt?

Jess Phillips Portrait Jess Phillips
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As the Home Secretary outlined on neighbourhood policing, we will bring in respect orders to ensure that antisocial behaviour in particular areas is targeted in a way that it simply has not been in recent years.