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Written Question
Police: Vetting
Tuesday 31st January 2023

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the The National Police Chiefs Council's letter to Chief Constables requiring all pre-2006 officers to be vetted against national databases, dated 20 January 2023, what estimate she has made of the number of officers who will need to be vetted in line with that letter; and how many of those officers will require vetting by the Cabinet Office in all categories of vetting.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary

The National Police Chiefs’ Council have asked all police forces to check their officers and staff against the police national database (PND) to identify any intelligence or allegations that need further investigation.

This will help identify anyone who has slipped through the net before vetting standards were toughened, and ensure those who are unfit to serve can be rooted out. Further details of the NPCC’s commission can be found on their website: https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/all-police-staff-records-to-be-checked-for-allegations-and-intelligence-by-march

Written Question
Counter-terrorism
Wednesday 18th January 2023

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the list of stakeholders which responded to the Protect Duty consultation.

Answered by Tom Tugendhat

The Protect Duty consultation closed in July 2021. The consultation response was published in January 2022. As a result, the Home Secretary was pleased to announce the policy proposals for the Duty, now known as Martyn’s Law, in Parliament on the 19th December.

The department will publish a list of organisations who responded to the Protect Duty consultation at the earliest opportunity on gov.uk.

Written Question
Counter-terrorism: Public Places
Friday 9th December 2022

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to create the Protect Duty.

Answered by Tom Tugendhat

The first duty of the Government is to protect the public, and we are committed to improving the security of public places, to ensure the public can go about their lives freely and with confidence.

The commitment made to the ‘Protect Duty’ in the Queen’s Speech and the 2019 manifesto remains, and we are working hard to bring forward this important piece of legislation as soon as possible.

Written Question
Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
Friday 9th December 2022

Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on appointing a new Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.

Answered by Sarah Dines

The role of the Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) as set out in the 2015 Modern Slavery Act is to encourage good practice in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of slavery and human trafficking offences and the identification of victims.

The process to recruit a new IASC follows the principles set out within the Cabinet Office Governance Code on Public Appointments.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578498/governance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf

A decision on the appointment is under consideration.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 02 Dec 2022
Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill

"It is a genuine pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Milton Keynes North (Ben Everitt), who has shared some of his insight and expertise, having clearly spent a great deal of time working on a farm in a previous life—I am curious about the notion of Fabergé egg farms …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 02 Dec 2022
Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill

"I would be really interested to see the details of those figures. I am sorry to say that detection rates, charge rates and prosecution rates are all going in the wrong direction under this Government. I gave a quote from the National Police Chiefs’ Council. If the Minister wants to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 02 Dec 2022
Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill

"I will get back to the detail of the Bill, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I quickly make the point that the Government cut 21,000 police officers. I will not be giving them a pat on the back for replacing 20,000, having recognised the detrimental impact that has had on the …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Draft Investigatory Powers Commissioner (Oversight Functions) Regulations 2022 Draft Investigatory Powers (Covert Human Intelligence Sources and Interception: Codes of Practice) Regulations 2022

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Sir Robert. I thank the Minister for his opening contribution.

On the draft Investigatory Powers Commissioner (Oversight Functions) Regulations 2022, as the Minister has said the new regulations stipulate that the oversight functions of the commissioner include keeping under …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2022
National Security Bill

"It is a pleasure to be back in the Chamber at the Report stage of this hugely important piece of legislation. Bill Committee colleagues will join me in saying that it was not straightforward, for all the reasons that were highlighted in the multiple points of order. The Committee had …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2022
National Security Bill

"I am grateful for the intervention. The points that I am about to make about the value and role of an independent reviewer of this legislation relate to how, if some of the thresholds are not in the right place, such a reviewer can not only be both a check …..."
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