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Debate between Hugh Bayley and Jeremy Browne
Monday 15th July 2013

(11 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Browne Portrait The Minister of State, Home Department (Mr Jeremy Browne)
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My hon. Friend is right to draw the attention of the House to this particularly dangerous form of criminal activity and its occasional prevalence among young people in particular. We are working with police forces across the country and we have put in place a programme of action specifically aimed at gang violence to try to reduce the incidence of knife crime. I am pleased that violent crime as a whole is falling across the country.

Hugh Bayley Portrait Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab)
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T4. Last year, community resolutions were used in more than 33,000 cases of violent crime nationally. In north Yorkshire, they were used for more than 500 violent offences, and more than 250 cases of serious violence involving injury. They were never used for such cases when Labour was in power. Is it any wonder that the public think the Government are going soft on violent crime?