Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Dan Jarvis and Rupert Lowe

Monday 9th February 2026 Commons Chamber

[Dan Jarvis]

I am grateful to the Chair of the Committee for setting out the work it will be doing. I have long believed in the importance of working closely with the National Crime Agency to tackle serious organised crime, which is a blight on all our communities. We are working closely with the NCA to ensure it has the appropriate level of resourcing and the correct strategic priorities, and I meet the director every single week. We would be very happy to co-operate closely with the right hon. Lady on the work that her Committee is doing. She is right to mention the importance of police reform; we are obviously looking carefully at that process, and will ensure that we configure ourselves in a way that will maximise the ability of the National Crime Agency to tackle serious organised crime.

[Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth) (Ind)]

T2.  If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Dan Jarvis and Rupert Lowe

Monday 25th November 2024 Commons Chamber

[The Minister for Security (Dan Jarvis)]

The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. The taskforce is examining closely the threats that he raises, and we shall have more to say about that shortly.

[Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth) (Reform)]

I am sure that the Home Secretary would agree that good government is transparent government. I have been told by her Department, in response to a written parliamentary question, that the number of crimes committed by illegal migrants is not available through published statistics. I am sure that the Home Office does hold the data, so will the Minister commit to publishing it in full?