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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Nov 2016
Criminal Finances Bill (Second sitting)

"Q May I ask the other two witnesses their view about training in general? By training I might mean awareness and the extent of trying to prod that awareness within the industry.

Nausicaa Delfas: My observation, from our work through supervision, is that firms take the matter very seriously …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Nov 2016
Criminal Finances Bill (Second sitting)

"Q Do you think that the amount of training within the system fits the Bill, so to speak? Is there enough there?

Anthony Browne: There are certainly a lot of training providers. I should declare an interest here in that the BBA provides training, although we are a tiny …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Nov 2016
Criminal Finances Bill (Second sitting)

"Q This morning we had evidence from the National Crime Agency, the National Police Chiefs Council, the Met police SO15 counter-terrorism policing, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the Serious Fraud Office and the Crown Prosecution Service. To a man—they were all men, by the way—I would say that they …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Nov 2016
Criminal Finances Bill (Second sitting)

"Q The Home Office set out the intentions of the Bill, which are about giving

“law enforcement agencies, and partners, the capabilities and powers to recover the proceeds of crime, tackle money laundering and corruption and counter terrorist financing.”

The Bill also aims to make the UK a more …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Nov 2016
Criminal Finances Bill (Second sitting)

"Q The second thing is this: you mentioned the key element of resources, and you almost intimated earlier that you were not convinced about the capacity and resources of the enforcement agencies. Is that a fair assessment? What would you say to that? Do you think the capacity and …..."
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Written Question
Ports: Security
Tuesday 14th June 2016

Asked by: Peter Dowd (Labour - Bootle)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle smuggling and trafficking at British ports.

Answered by James Brokenshire

Border Force works closely with other law enforcement agencies, including the National Crime Agency and Police, to combat suspected human trafficking and people smuggling and to target and disrupt those who would attempt to smuggle prohibited and restricted goods such as firearms and illegal drugs in to the UK.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Apr 2016
Hillsborough

"I thank the Home Secretary, my right hon. Friend the Member for Leigh (Andy Burnham), my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Walton (Steve Rotheram) and other Merseyside colleagues for their determination in pursuing this matter over many years. The Merseyside victims came from Bootle, Birkenhead, Crosby, Liverpool, Runcorn, Knowsley …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Feb 2016
Police Funding, Crime and Community Safety

"It is becoming increasingly apparent that we are not safe with the Tories. With underinvestment in the NHS, social care and local roads, with what is happening to the environment and the economy, and with the downward pressure on the pound, we are under threat from the Tories. We are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Feb 2016
Police Funding, Crime and Community Safety

"I am really pleased that the hon. Gentleman says that, because I was just coming to that very point in relation to Merseyside police. A fantastic job is being done by the police and crime commissioner, Jane Kennedy; the chief constable, John Murphy; and my local commander, Peter Costello, and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Feb 2016
Police Funding, Crime and Community Safety

"I completely agree, and it surprises me that there are not even more police officers off with stress, given the pressures they are under.

My right hon. Friend the Member for Leigh (Andy Burnham) referred to the cumulative effect of the cuts to local government and local services such as …..."
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