Live Home Office Questions House of Commons

Welcome to BBC Parliament with live coverage from the House of Commons.

In one hour ago will be an urgent statement on the sale of Vauxhall

Opel to the PSA group, the French manufacturer that produces Peugeot

and Citroen cars. Then the Culture Secretary will make a statement on

the takeover of sky by 21st-century Fox, both of which are controlled by

Rupert Murdoch. Karen Bradley said she is minded to order .com

investigation into the deal, looking at concerns over competition and

broadcasting standards. MPs were considered the Vehicle Technology

and Aviation Bill which create new rules for electric and driverless

cars. Join me, Christina Cooper, for a round-up of the day at 11 o'clock

this evening. First, we have questions for the Home Secretary,

Amber Rudd, and her ministers. This means the number of armed police

will increase by more than 1000, additional round the clock

specialist teams will be gritted out in London and 41 additional police

armed response vehicles will be on the streets. I am grateful to my

right honourable friend for that answer but I am quite concerned by

the fact that a number of police officers have said to me, both here

in the Palace of Westminster and in Downing Street, but they, as armed

police officers do not feel they are getting the freedom to Act but they

should have because of the rules of engagement. Can these be changed to

make them fit for purpose? I thank my honourable friend for this

question and I recognise that this is a difficult issue sometimes,

which is why we have been reviewing the support we provide our firearms

officers so they can carry out their crucial duties without fear while

ensuring there this necessary scrutiny. I know he had specific

concerns are an automatic suspension and firing first and I can confirm

that only in exceptional circumstances would someone be

automatically suspended for using the gun and there is no rule

prohibiting officers from shooting first. The decision must be based on

an assessment of threat to life, including their own. I would be

delighted if my honourable friend would like to meet with me with the

minister to discuss this further. Does the Home Secretary join me in

commending Mark Rowley and the counterterrorism team on the

announcement today that 13 terrorist threats have been thwarted in the

last four years? And does she agree with me it is not just about arming

the police, it is also about the public being vigilant and ensuring

there are sufficient resources for the counterterrorism unit to engage

with communities which work that is how we deal with this thread as well

as arming the police. I think the right honourable gentleman and I

will happily join him in commending the announcements made by Mark

Rowley and the work done in general are counterterrorism police officers

in London and beyond. He is right, it and show that we do not simply

think we can solve this by putting more money into it, we need to work

closely with local communities to everybody plays a part in country

this vile crime. The armed response capability of the transport police

is a relatively new function, if the prospect of a mass casualties attack

on one of our major transport interchanges is one of the more

likely scenarios. Can become secretary assured that this maximum

integration and cooperation between British Transport Police and the

local territorial police forces? I can reassure my honourable friend

but the local transport police and local police force will always work

closely together and we are very mindful of where the likely places

might be for any attack. But will often involve large transport areas

and we are careful to give specific advice to those areas where

necessary. Would the Home Secretary agree with me that one way to

counter terrorist threats begins with preventing radicalisation? She

will be aware of the case of Ahmed who is in prison for murdering a

shopkeeper, date from his prison cell he is using the phone and

letter to continue radicalising people against certain Muslims.

Given the increase in this extremism, is the Home Secretary

confident that she has enough Urdu speakers in the entry clearance

section at the High Commission in Islamabad and here in London? The

honourable Lady raises an important element of our counter extremism

strategy, which is indeed about counter radicalism and I can

reassure her that there is a lot of additional or going on in prisons

Ventura County radicalism takes place. My honourable friend has

taken additional steps to work with people who are being radicalised or

are the sources of radicalisation and I hope it will yield positive

results. When the Home Secretary proves the work of the east Midlands

operational support service which this as armed officers into smaller

cities and towns of the East Midlands and ensure that these

smaller cities have the resources they need because a terrorist attack

is just as likely to happen in Nottingham or Derby as in London? My

honourable friend is right and I will join him in commending East

Midlands for the work they do. We are mindful that of the London can

be the central target, there are other cities that could also be a

target and we are mindful that are counterterrorism efforts go beyond

London to other cities, but they are always intelligence led. The Home

Secretary knows that many of our constituents are saying they see

less police in their towns, on the streets, indeed on their roads. We

have a budget coming up and surely could we not have a commitment to

make this counterterrorism and the number of policing and have never

communities as possible? I can reassure the honourable gentleman

that has been a 30% increase in counterterrorism in the budget and

we would expect that to continue. In terms of ordinary police, he will

welcome the fact that crime has fallen by 25% since 2010. The key

element is that our police forces have the tools to deliver that

reduction in crime and I believe under this government but they do.

Number two Mr Speaker. I very much welcome this question from my

honourable friend, the chairman of the... It recently launched a report

on this subject. I can assure him that we take regional crime very

seriously. I am co-chair of the National retail crown steering group

with the British Retail Consortium which brings together retailers and

the police to understand the challenge and take effective action.

I thank the Minister for her reply, but she will be aware that there is

concern amongst retailers of levels of physical and verbal abuse. Could

she do something to ensure that police across the country prioritise

this sufficiently? Retailers are worried that different areas receive

a different response from different forces. Let us be absolutely clear.

Violence or verbal abuse of any kind is simply not acceptable in any

workforce in our country. I will be taking this issue forward as part of

the national steering group. We would be particularly dry and the

effective work we have done between the police and forecourt retailers

where we have put in place measures which are improving the response of

the police around the country. On that very point, she will know that

as well as the increase in potential crime on shop workers, there is also

under reporting of that crime. Would she encourage businesses to

encourage their employees to support the campaign and freedom from fear

and to report those crimes? The honourable gentleman makes an

incredibly important point and we very much work alongside retailers

on the national steering group that I mentioned and I would absolutely

back up his call that anybody should report crime. There are some

excellent initiatives in terms of town centres around the country

where businesses and the police are working well together to ensure the

increase in reporting happens. We introduced the new offence of

controlling and coursing behaviour to shift the focus of the criminal

justice system from single incidents to identifying and addressing

patterns of abuse. The Home Secretary will be chairing a working

group to drive change in how we think about and tackle domestic

abuse and this will include closely monitoring the implementation of

this new offence. I thank the Minister for her answer, but

existing police powers to remove perpetrators of domestic violence

from a property or underused because of cost and cuts in public funding

have made the situation worse. What will the Minister do to protect

women affected by domestic violence? I thank the honourable gentleman for

his question. This new offence was brought in by the end of 2015, so

the ONS will not report on the level of uptake of these new powers of the

police until later this spring. From my conversations with police up and

down the length and breadth of the country, they are making very good

use of these new powers. May I commend the government for the

recent action taken to combat course for controlling behaviour by

creeping this new offence? Can the Minister outlined the work police

forces are doing to combat crimes that disproportionately affect women

such as stopping? I like my honourable friend for this question.

He is right to raise stocking, which can be a truly devastating crime.

This government is placing a priority on keeping women and girls

safe across our country with extra resources and extra training and new

forces for them to go after the perpetrators of these terrible

mistake in crimes. On this site would welcome the introduction of

this legislation. It was Labour Party policy. When is the government

to put its money where its mouth is on domestic violence? We know that

local authority spending have severely impacted on specialist

domestic abuse services which is meant cuts and closures. Women and

children are being turned away at the point of new sub data from

women's aid should but on just one day in 2015, 92 women and 75

children were turned away from the refuge. When is the government going

to address the financial pressures on women's refugees? This government

has done more than any other government to keep women and

children in our country safe. It is very disappointing when the

honourable lady takes a partisan approach. What should be something

that unites This House, rather than divides the cells. We have committed

?20 million toward refugees as the honourable that he knows. We have

Services to keep women and children safe in our country. It is very

disappointing that the minister is not prepared to accept that as a

result of local government cuts, services are being cut back, and

refugees are closing. On the question of resources, the HMI see

just recently flagged up failings by the police in dealing with the most

honourable victims. In at least either macro forces, domestic abuse

risk assessment were being conducted over the telephone. Hush macro two

forces. If this government is serious about combating domestic

violence, it must make the resources available. I very much welcome the

work of the HMIC. They are making excellent progress, as we saw from

the Peel reports last week. But the honourable lady is right to point

out some force areas have more work to do that is why we are supporting

the College of policing to make sure that training is available, and that

is why we are investing record amounts of money into the police

transformation funding, which is enabling more organisations to

provide the services that women and girls deserve all of our country.

Coercion and controlling behaviour takes different forms. Can the

Minister undertake to extend the legislation to the postal voting

regime because at every election in our country thousands of women have

their votes stolen by the abuse of the postal voting system in

so-called Uber unity voting, largely in the Bangladeshi and Pakistani

communities. That is not Axar Patel and the government needs to act now

on this issue. My honourable friend raises an incredibly important

point. I mean what could be more important than the fundamental

rights for people to express their opinion at the ballot box and elect

representatives to towns, councils and into this chamber? A very

important point and it is something we welcome and will be taking very

close look at what we can do to use those powers and any others to make

sure everybody has the opportunity to vote. As the Prime Minister made

clear on her Lancashire house speech in January commitment to cooperation

with European partners will be undiminished as a result of leaving

the European Union. The Home Office is working with law enforcement

partners to examine all the different ways of delivering this

and to fight a practical cooperative way of supplying this certainty as

we leave the EU. Intelligent sharing with the European counterparts is

vital to the work of our police forces. Data underpins it. Given the

UK bus right decision to leave the UK, how will the Home Office

maintain the challenge of maintaining beeswing arrangements

when Britain leaves the EU? My honourable friend is exactly right,

the use of data is critical in our fight against cross-border crime and

terrorism. We value the cooperation we have at the moment through

European and the Schengen information system and we want our

future relationship with the EU to include practical arrangements. I

can reassure my honourable friend that is also what EU partners want.

The Home Secretary's predecessor now the Prime Minister says that

ditching the European arrest warrant would make Britain a honeypot for

all of Europe's criminals on the run from justice. So can she guarantee

us that we will remain part of the European arrest warrant corporation?

I certainly agree with the principle that the European arrest warrant is

an effective tool, and is essential to delivering effective judgment the

murderers, rapists and paedophiles we have managed to seek judgment on.

It is a priority to ensure that we do remain part of it, and I can also

reassure honourable colleagues throughout the house that it is

something our European colleagues would like to achieve as well.

Number five, Mr Speaker. The police National computer central bureau is

operated by the Metropolitan Police and it processes all license

notifications on the half of police forces in England and Wales. A

sample of transactions are tracked -- checked daily by supervisors. I

understand this problem was rectified last year which I am happy

to see but I would ask if there is any more the department can do to

work with families like those here with me today whose son was murdered

by an individual on and I pay tribute to Angela Sharp and her

efforts to close this gap. Would her department ensure that cases like

this cannot happen again? My honourable friend makes a very

important point. None of us in this house, very few of us unfortunately

couldn't understand what it ever go through the what the family had to

go through. It is a tragedy we would hope that never occur to anyone. The

process of the first supervision has changed but I am always willing, as

I know colleagues are at the Ministry of Justice as well. My

honourable friend has arranged to meet with the Secretary of State to

look at what more we can learn from the experiences in the past. Number

six. Mr Speaker, with permission I will take questions six and ten

together. The Prime Minister has made it clear one of her 12

negotiating priorities is to secure the status of EU National is already

living in the UK as soon as possible once formal negotiations have begun.

She has also made it clear that she seeks a deal based on reciprocity,

which also secures the status of UK nationals living elsewhere in the

EU. The cross-party committee for exiting the European Union published

a second report yesterday where they unanimously agreed that the

government should make a unilateral decision to safeguard the rights of

EU nationals living in the UK. Will she now commit to doing so? I will

of course read the report with the respect and interest that it

deserves. Nevertheless, I feel that reciprocity is an important part of

securing the position not only of the EU nationals, who adds such

value to our economy and are so welcome here, but the UK citizens

who live their lives abroad in EU. Mr Speaker, this weekend, read the

wind right, a Hungarian national living in Oban, told me he -- her

family were thinking of leaving Scotland. A Swiss national married

to a German whose children Arscott said that they have no idea what the

future held for them. And Michael Benoit said with his family be held

together? Given that it would be unconscionable if the people were to

be denied clarity about their future, how does this government...

Too long? We got the gist of it but we have not much time. I would urge

the honourable gentleman to reassure his constituents, if that is what

they are, how valued they offer the contribution they make to the UK

economy, and I would also point out to him that the recent immigration

statistics show that we remain just as popular a destination as ever the

European Union nationals. We can't even deport convicted criminals. The

reality is that even if we wanted to, which we don't we are not going

to deport a single EU National. It seems to me that we might as well at

knowledge this fact now whilst preserving the right if in the

extremely unlikely possibility of our EU partners deporting any of our

nationals, which they went, but let's reassure these people now. My

honourable friend makes a very fair observation about the reality of the

situation. I would however point out to him that as he seeks the

assurance and the certainty that the EU citizens want to hear, I seek it

too for the UK citizens who are in other parts of the European Union.

It is a priority. The Prime Minister has said he will move onto that as

soon as negotiations begin. Which she agree that the honourable member

for Argyll and Bute could perhaps refer his constituents to the

acquired right that EU constituents would have under the Vienna

Convention, which would not be available to UK nationals abroad but

are not EU citizens here have existing light and many to make sure

that there equivalent rights are available to UK constituents in the

EU. The Home Secretary advises people to advise their constituents

that they are safe. Many of us have been doing that, but frankly they

need to hear it from her, from the Prime Minister. And we need the

government to step up to say to individuals that their lives here in

Britain are secure, at the same time as trying to make sure that people

who went from Britain to Spain are equally secure. I understand the

concerns that the honourable lady has raised, and we have all

experienced this, I think, as MPs in our surgeries. My point to the

honourable gentleman was just that as MPs we can get that reassurance

that these EU citizens are valued here and that it is the prime and

prospect intention to do that, and we will make it a priority as we

begin the EU negotiations. Is it not the case that if we are to be

accused of using EU nationals as bargaining chips, just the same

accusation could apply to the other EU 27 nationals and their attitude

to British citizens abroad? Which is why I would refer to it as a

reciprocal arrangement which we hope to complete in parallel with the EU.

The Home Secretary talks about reciprocal arrangements, but when

she gets around to reading the report of the select committee, she

will see that representatives of UK citizens living abroad to a man and

woman gave evidence to the committee that they want the British

government to give a unilateral guarantee the EU citizens living

here, because they think it will benefit them. Will she listen to the

voices of the UK citizens abroad and now give that unilateral guarantee?

Err there are there are over 1 million as we now

living in the European Union, they are not all are presented by those

who gave evidence at the Brexit committee. I care about everyone of

those UK citizens and I repeat that I think it is incumbent on this

government to make sure we protect their position as much as we protect

EU citizens. Last week, the chief executive of the Scottish Chambers

of commerce pointed out that Scotland relies heavily on EU

residence for the supply of labour, and said that business in Scotland

wants a separate deal for immigration in Scotland. The select

committee has said the UK Government should respond fully and speedily to

the Scottish Government's proposals for a differential immigration

policy for Scotland. Will she listen to the voices of business in

Scotland and now give a guarantee that that speedy and full response

will be given without further delay? The Scottish Government already

plays a full role in the gushy Asians are planning for the EU exit

and I'm sure that will continue during the next few months. Does the

Home Secretary also agree that we can reassure EU nationals that their

rights to remain in this country are guaranteed in our law and it would

require an act of Parliament at the very least to remove those rights?

Yes, my honourable friend is exactly right. There will be a moment to

have a full debate on that and that will be in this house when those

rights have changed. Is the Secretary of State aware that

British public opinion increasingly thinks the government is being

callous in continuing to seek to use EU nationals as bargaining chips?

And is she aware that, as well as the cloud of uncertainty hanging

over EU nationals and their families, employers in sectors that

rely on that Labour, notably financial services, health and

education, want the uncertainty removed. It is because we care about

employers and the jobs that they provide that we will be providing

consultation over the summer about the right form of immigration

process to put in place as we leave the European Union. There is no

question that this government is going to continue to listen

carefully to the employers that have provided 70 jobs to people in the

UK, and quite a feud to the European Union as well. Number seven, Mr

Speaker. The government undertook eight conference of consultation

with local authorities in order to assess their capacity to accept

unaccompanied children. This consultation included ten regional

events in each party of England and events in Scotland and Wales, which

were attended by representatives of more than 400 local authorities. 550

of the 750 children who came to the UK when the Calais Campbell is

cleared came under an accelerated process of the Dublin regulation,

which has since been discontinued. How will the Minister now ensure

that refugees in Greece, France and Italy, including unaccompanied

children, can be reunited with their families? The Dublin process is one

that works well, we have an embedded Home Office staff in Athens helping

that the work. It is a well-established process and other

we have them fast tracked, it is important that we do identify

festival that the children are who they say they are and secondly that

they can be properly cared for with the family they are placed with.

We are the best country in Europe against human trafficking, but there

is one area where I am concerned that the traffickers operate and

that his children who are given to local authorities and then

re-trafficked. It would the steward of the Minister that the government

is following up on children who have been placed in care to ensure that

they are still in care? I pay tribute to my honourable friend's

long campaign on this issue. One concern is that children placed with

local authorities might abscond because of the traffickers wanting a

payday. That is right that local authorities understand the

responsibility to care for these children and intensively for them.

The Minister will have seen the Home Affairs Select Committee report out

today which sets out the evidence we have heard from charities and the

anti-slavery commission and the increased risk of child trafficking

and also evidence from councils of the extra capacity that they have

and from the LGA, that potentially thousands more places could be

available with the right funding in place. Given the New Clause 14

before the House tomorrow which has cross-party support, will he now

agreed to seek further evidence from the anti-slavery commission and from

local councils and their capacity, rather than rushing to close the

dogs scheme? I look forward to appearing before her committee to

give the government side of the story. I don't recognise the figures

I have seen and I think the methodology would scrutiny. It is

important if spaces are available but are made available for the

national transfer scheme we have. We have cried a rich makes it very

difficult for them. I am pleased Cambridge county council has

accepted people from the unaccompanied asylum seekers

dispersal scheme but Kimmeridge City Council, along with others in the

area, welcoming 100 refugees. Should councils do what they can and when

people do come, we welcome them properly and integrate integrated

into our communities? Certainly I would pay tribute to local

authorities like Cambridge who are not only taking children under

national transfer scheme but making families welcome under the scheme

would have the 20,000 children and families, from the area around

Syria. 3000 children and families coming from the wider Middle East

and North Africa area. On Holocaust Memorial Day, Michael Brown movingly

described his experience as a child refugees fleeing Nazi Germany in

1939 and advocated the need for Britain to be open to children in

Europe fleeing atrocities today. Numerous local authorities, Ealing,

Hammersmith and tastings, the backyard of the Home Secretary, are

willing to take more refugees, so why is the government pulling the

plug on the most vulnerable by closing the dogs scheme? If any

parallels could be drawn between Nazi Germany and the situation

nowadays it would be the situation in Syria, not the situation in our

European neighbours and partners. Of the 750 children protect from Calais

under both schemes, fewer than ten from Syria. We should concentrate on

the people most in need and those are in refugees in the region. My

constituent... A case of mistaken identity. It was another Stevens had

in mind. Chris Stephens. Thank you Mr Speaker, the Supreme Court has

endorsed our approach in setting a minimum income threshold for spouse

visas that prevent burdens on the taxpayer and injuries by print

farmers can integrate. This is central to building an immigration

system that works in the national interest. Chris Stephens. The

Supreme Court has described the financial threshold forcing UK

citizens to choose between country and family as a particularly harsh.

With the families and children ahead of the ecological and arbitrary net

migration target, ditch the 18,000 threshold or at least consider the

circumstances of those in low-paid employment? I think it is important

that family life must not be established at the expense of

taxpayers and families are able to integrate. That is what our rules

achieve and the Supreme Court has endorsed. Can I ask the Minister if

he intends to use the same minimum income threshold for EU spouses as

it currently uses for non-EU spouses? We haven't got around the

negotiation table said that as a premature question. Both countries

are alive to the risk of new cancer appearing in northern France and are

continuing to work together to combat criminal groups to facilitate

people smuggling. The UK Government is contributing up to ?36 million to

support the situation in Calais and ensure the club remains closed in

the long term. Many economic migrants dispersed from Calais

refused to apply for asylum in France so they are not fingerprinted

there, thus they could potentially get smuggled to the UK and claim

asylum here. As the Minister urged upon the French authorities the

desirability of such individuals being fingerprinted in France and

the records exchanged? The honourable gentleman is absolutely

right. The principle of safety for the country is essential for an

asylum policy and of people are claiming asylum in France they

should have their fingerprinted taken. Then we can use the

biometrics to deal with them properly. We urge our French friends

to ensure that can be done and we encourage asylum seekers in France

to go through that process. I urge the Minister to do all he can to

nature a new jungle does not form at Calais this year. It is not just a

humanitarian squalor, in which 10,000 people are condemned

shamefully into, it is also essential that we stop the terrible

proof factors that draw people across Europe for these terrible and

dangerous journeys. The site of the former Telecom remains clear and

work is ongoing to remove all former infrastructure and accommodation and

restore to its natural state. This should help prevent and

re-establishment in future squads were comes that area. I wouldn't

want those who use AV in the surname Stephens to the disadvantage by

comparison with the PTH variation on the theme. Like you for the second

opportunity. My constituent, Basha came to England as a refugee, he

personally delivered much better and a petition against his forced

removal to Afghanistan signed by over 14,000 people. I have had no

acknowledgement from the Home Secretary, never mind a response to

the letter with the petition. Can I ask the Home Secretary when she will

reply to me is to mark? It is the case that when people come here as

children we care for them, but when they reach the age of 17 they would

usually make an asylum application which is dealt with in the usual

way. Number 11. The UK is one of the most effective legal regimes to

empower law enforcement agencies and secure the services to tackle

terrorism. The regulation of investigatory Powers Act, the

terrorism Act and the investigatory Powers Act form the foundation of

our continued strategy to counter terrorism in the 21st-century. Given

what the right honourable gentleman said earlier about the excellent

efforts of our security services protecting this country, it is

clearly not just about Powers but about people. To that end, Wilma

honourable friend joined in commending Hampshire Constabulary

for recruiting firearms officers and confirm recent government funding

allocations have made provision to train more? I am grateful and ask

him to reflect on the answer given by my right honourable friend, the

Home Secretary. I want to put on record our appreciation for the

extra efforts by forces delivering the extra ?144 million investment

which will see an extra 1000 officers and additional round

specialist teams operating across the whole country. Number 12. The

latest data shows that in the two quarters following the referendum

there were 136,479 applications received for resident documentation

from EU nationals and family members. The application fee is ?65

sterling. 3% of the Newcastle population are EU nationals and

whether they are in hospitals, universities, restaurants, high-tech

start-ups or our championship topping football team, they are an

integral part of our lives. Does the Minister realise how insecure in the

field as bargaining chips and how does he justify charging them for

the privilege? I would pay tribute to the contribution that EU

nationals in all spheres of life, not least, being particularly

interested in the health service. When they are here and they can

exercise treaty rights while we are in the EU. We wish to sort this out

as soon as possible and we need to recognise the status of UK nationals

elsewhere in the European Union who deserve the same protections. Can my

honourable friend explain to the House what procedures are in place

to enable the government to check that EU nationals have been here

lawfully and continuously for five years? Well, many people will have

documentation already available, their national insurance and tax

forms, they might be on actual registers, the resource rich of

documentation. Nobody needs additional documentation at this

stage. We are happy people continue making a contribution and should not

worry about the future here. I have been contacted by constituents who

are British citizens married to EU nationals. What compassion is the

government shown to those people are using their futures as a bargaining

chip in our future relationship with Europe? I would urge some caution

describing these people as bargaining chips. It is absolutely

right that we are keen early in negotiations to secure the status of

EU nationals living here, but at the same time, we need to ensure that

British nationals living elsewhere in the EU get the same protection.

It is difficult for some EU nationals to produce documentation,

they are often sleeping rough or in insecure employment. Referring to

his answer of a few months ago to the honourable member, what can be

done to ensure that those who have lived and worked and contributed

here but struggle to produce documentation will receive if

they're hearing? I will stress again that for EU nationals living here

and exercising the treaty rights there is no need for them to make

any change in their status, the need for documentation and, as we quickly

get into the negotiations after triggering Article 50, and hope this

will be resolved very quickly. Number 13, Mr Speaker. I would say

that we can be very clear at the Metropolitan Police have the

resources they need the police London. It is the best funded force

in the country in terms of resource funding per head of population and

also has the most officers per head of population. Thank you Mr Speaker,

while the food with residents worried about bread and butter crime

on issues like burglary to feel unlucky because the average London

taxpayer pays ?61 per year to subsidise the National one of the

Metropolitan Police. Given that, but the government accept the

recommendation and provide an additional ?107 million a year to

fund vital national work of the Metropolitan Police? It is clear the

Metropolitan Police have a role in the national context. It is

different to other police forces. The review he has referred to is

something the police have found themselves will be done in line with

the funding formula review. Of equal importance to ensuring adequate

funding for the Met police is ensuring proper funding for West

Yorkshire Police. There are concerns about the use of firearms in my

constituency or firearms offences have risen by one third over the

last four years. What ministers ensure that West Yorkshire Police

have the resources necessary to get these weapons off our streets? The

honourable lady just highlighted the calls across This House to see the

police funding formula review work done to make sure we are reflecting

it. We have a formula which is immensely up-to-date and it is well

known and accepted it needs to be reviewed. Just over one year ago the

Chancellor promised protection for police funding but the Met faces

real term cuts of ?47 million, Manchester 12, well structured nine,

England and Wales as a whole, it massive ?200 million and there are

consequences. Violent crime the privatised, domestic violence

victims ignored, neighbourhood policing eroded, evidenced by the

HMRC, it would have heard nothing from the Minister accept

complacency. Who should the police and public believe? The Minister of

broken promises or the independent HMRC? I appreciate the tone in which

the lady asked the question and I would say that if she looks at the

HM icy report they are cleared this is not about levels of funding but

what was in the report was about how the police use the funding they have

got. I would gently point out that not only if they are using the

preset abilities they have got, it is every police force in the country

Even in London they have seen a ?30 million increase in their reserves,

which means there has been money they haven't used. Question 14.

Detention and removal are essential parts of an effective immigration

control programme but it is vital they are carried out with dignity

and respect. When people are detained it is for the minimum time

possible. We take the welfare of detail these very seriously that is

why the government commissioned Susan Shaw -- Steven Gerrard to

carry out an independent review of vulnerable people in the detention

system. Numerous reports suggest the government is using indefinite

detention. I would commend to him a report that recommends alternatives.

I would like to see the reality for myself and yet my application to

visit the aisles with as a party leader appears to have been blocked.

Can he tell me the status of my application first made in November,

which I understand has been referred to his office, and when I can expect

to get any clearance? We are still considering that suggestion, I know

the Shadow Home Secretary would like to as well. We did wonder whether

the Home Affairs Select Committee would like to take precedence in

terms of a preference, that's all, but if they don't want to go we will

occur that more urgently, thank you. When will the detention review is

being replaced by the individual movement assessment reviews,

alongside the publication of the plan for the future of the

immigration and detention state, as promised by the Minister's

predecessor last year? Certainly we seek to minimise the amount of time

people are kept in detention, and that is done for the purposes of

removal. We have introduced a new adults at risk policy which six to

minimise the risk of detention for those considered vulnerable. Number

16. The UK provides protection for

refugees. The government has published a ?10 million refugee

children's fund for Europe, and allocated up to ?39 million to the

humanitarian response in Greece. Number 18 as well please. Why is it

that there was only a solitary Home Office official image of Greece and

Italy working in the Dubs and Dublin scheme? As a result of that, the

schemes are barely functioning at all. We work very closely with our

colleagues in France, Greece and Italy. We did commit 115 staff into

Greece, 75 who are already there including one in embedded member of

Home Office staff helping with Dublin applications in Athens itself

and of course we have our border force commitment in the military

should which insists -- which make sure we save people's lives if they

make that perilous journey across the Mediterranean. Home Office

guidelines recognise that LGBT refuges are at serious risk in

Afghanistan but also suggest that if the individual did not attract or

seek to cause public outrage they would avoid persecution and can be

returned. Can the Minister tell us why the Home Office has decided to

depart from the UN's guidelines on refugees? We aim to process all

asylum claim sympathetically and our staff have training in interviewing

asylum seekers who may have LGBT is use or indeed if those who may have

converted to Christianity and find it difficult to express some of

their feelings during those interviews. North East Somerset

council have one of the best relocation programmes for refugees

in the country. However they are struggling to enable more to come

due to a range of different safeguarding risks. What will

support can the and give to such councils who are really struggling

on the safeguarding issues and perhaps I might be able to meet with

him to discuss those issues? We recognise the challenge many local

authorities face with dealing with some of these particularly

vulnerable children, which is why I have increased the funding up to

?40,000 for the under 16 and roundabout ?30,000 16 and

17-year-olds and I hope that will help them find the resources they

need to deal with particular children. Kent continues to be on

the front line of unaccompanied asylum seeking children arriving in

the UK, with over 3000 arriving year. Even the interest across the

house, could the Minister outlined what steps are being taken to ensure

local authorities across the country are helping to share the burden of

counties like Kent, for children no matter how they have come into the

UK? It is precisely why we set up the national transfer scheme for

local authorities like Kent to have 400 more children than the 0.07%

allocation would indicate, and that is why we would encourage local

authorities who have said they have spare spaces to participate in that

scheme and take the pressure off council such as Kent and Croydon.

The honourable member for Cardiff North is here and waiting patiently

so let's fear him. Number 19, Mr Speaker. We are taking robust action

to tackle radicalisation online and to counter the poisonous ideology

promoted by terrorists and extremists. In 2016 hour police

counterterrorism internet referral unit secure the removal of over

120,000 pieces of terrorist related content. We work with communication

service providers to tackle proactively terrorists use of their

platforms and we support community-based initiatives that

provide character -- counter narratives. Can I pay tribute to the

Home Secretary and the ministerial team and ask what the government is

doing in particular to tackle extremism with Cardiff in mind? In

October 2015 the government published a comments of new strategy

to tackle all forms of extremism, both Islamist and in the far right.

An ambitious programme. When it comes to Cardiff, he will be aware

of the extra effort is going in on the Prevent programme within his

local authority and would be delighted to visit the prevent

providers with him should he wish to do so. Topical questions, Diana

Johnson. On Wednesday we celebrate International Women's Day when we

recognise the achievements of women internationally but also acknowledge

the real challenges faced by so many. One of my priorities as Home

Secretary is to ensure that all women are protected from violence.

Since 2010 we have done more than ever before to tackle gender-based

violence. Last year we pledged increased funding of ?80 million in

support. We have strengthened the laws and provided agency to bring

perpetrators to justice. We know there is more we can do to bring

these crimes out of the shadows which is why the Justice Secretary

and I will be leading a car brands have programme of work to combat

domestic abuse including considering a new domestic violence Bill. The

government will continue to take steps to achieve our ambition that

no woman should live in fear of abuse, and every girl should grow up

feeling safe and protected. I think parents will be shocked to know that

under the sexual offences act, youth leaders and sports coaches are not

within the definition of a trusted position, which means they can

legally have sex with 16 and 17-year-olds who they are

responsible for and supervising. Will the Home Secretary work with

the NSPCC to close this loophole in the law? I will certainly look at

the situation she has raised and if necessary talk of the NSPCC and

invite her to participate in that as well. Would my right honourable

friend join me in welcoming the ?10 million of investment, which has

been spent refurbishing Southend police station, and would he or she

agree with me that the extra investment should result through the

better technology in improving friendly -- crime detection and

prevention? A very forward-thinking police service in Essex, and credit

to them. They use modern techniques and good technology. It is a good

example why we are increasing the police transformation fund to some

525 million this year. I wonder if the Home Secretary really believes

that the 45 days support for suspected victims of trafficking is

adequate? If organisations working on the coalface of this problem,

such as Salvation Army and others, they all say that 45 days is

completely unrealistic to deal with immigration, psychological, economic

and housing issues. These honourable individuals I spirit and sing. All

of these organisations also agree that the lethal combination is

exposing victims of the very real possibility of being re-trafficked.

What did she say? I thank the honourable lady for her question. It

is important to remember that this Prime Minister has led a global, a

global challenge to crack down on slavery. We have some of the best

legislation in the world, and really excellent protection for victims who

have been trafficked? What the lady is talking about is not actually

correct. The average amount of time that people receive through the NRM

is 90 days. We are working currently on reforms to the system to make

sure that it is absolutely the best for people in the world. Can I

welcome my right honourable friend the Minister visiting Cardiff in

particular to discussing with South Wales Police, the security of Uefa,

Uefa being the most watched sporting event in the world happening in

Cardiff on June three. What is the Minister doing to focus the minds on

security? My honourable friend is right, this is arguably the most

watched sporting event in the world this year, an opportunity for the

United Kingdom and Wales to show very clearly what it has to offer. I

was slated to accept his invitation to be the team down there. We will

keep a very close eye to make sure they have all the structure and

organisation they need to give everyone a fantastic event. In

October, baby monitors were hijacked by organised crime for cyber attacks

was the last week, the secrets that children whispered to their teddy

bears were to be found online. Has this government ensured that

responsibility for cyber security is literally all over the place but

does the Secretary of State realise that when there is a devastating

connected device attack, and there will be, she is the one we will

blame? The honourable lady makes an interesting point, and if you wild

allegations. It is this government that set up the national cyber

security centre in order to make sure we align correctly our response

to cyber attacks, getting out through cyber aware and a whole lot

of cyber awareness campaigns to make sure people are properly protected,

working alongside manufacturers and using the full weight and expertise

of GCHQ to counter cyber crime. It is making a difference and I hope

people are more aware rather than scared by her allegation. Her

Majesty 's Inspectorate of Constabulary has recently rated

Essex Police as good, which represents a significant

improvement. Will the Minister join me in paying tribute to the

hard-working officers have this amazing achievement? Yellow back row

my Oracle friend backs up the comment of my other honourable

friend early on, that Essex has done some fantastic work. I congratulate

everyone in Essex Police but I would also just urge one word of caution.

There are still areas to improve on and I expect to see the chief

comfortable to deliver on that for the future but good news and well

done to them. On a previous attempt to recalculate the national police

funding formula, Lancashire Police were set to lose 25 million a year.

That was revised down to 8 million a year when inaccuracy is were

identified, and that is on top of the ?76 million that they have

already saved since 2010. Could I ask the police minister what steps

he is taking to ensure that the national police funding formula

won't repeat the same mistakes, and will accurately reflect the demands

of the police forces? I can assure the honourable lady there is a

substantial piece of work going on with academics, Police and Crime

Commissioners across the country, working to feed in that we make sure

when we do the funding review it takes into account everything it

needs to. We are getting a lot of people in the sector outlining how

close they are with the process. I am determined to see that through

and the word goes for all forces to get a fair formula in the future.

What steps are the government taking the crackdown on cyber terrorism,

given that increasingly businesses being done online, and particular in

light the recent announcement around DNS, to give more businesses the

skills and confidence they need to make the most of digital technology?

This government takes cyber security extremely seriously, which is why

this government have committed to spending ?1.9 billion on cyber

security over this Parliament. The newly created national security

centre is at the forefront of driving forward the government's

strategy, which will include working with the business and private

sector, as well as developing an ambitious skill sector. As the price

of scrap metal rises, so sadly scrap metal thefts. Could one of the

ministers indicate when the government intends to produce its

response to its consultation issued in January?

To my honourable friend confirm that the government remains committed to

resettling 23,000 of the most vulnerable children and adults

directly from Syria and the Middle East and North Africa over this

parliament in addition to asylum seekers and family reunions and can

she opted the House about many people have been resettled? I can

reassure my friend that we remain committed to this number is making

sure that we protect them and move them from the region. In the last 12

months we have brought over 4369. The last Labour government capped

the figure at 750 per year, we are pleased to be doing five times that

year. Further to the comments made by my honourable friend from West

Ham, the huge M IHC report found that one third of these forces

required improvement or inadequate, there is a national shortage of

detectives, neighbourhood policing has been eroded and there is no

coherent strategy for the threat posed to communities by organised

criminals. Can the Home Office respond to this report and outline

how findings will impact on the police funding formula review in the

next few weeks? I can say to the honourable lady that the police

forces can respond with the outcomes for the earliest. I will be writing

to all those who have been found to require improvement. I met with the

Chief Constable of the only one who was found inadequate. I was

impressed with the response to these issues and there is a big

improvement on previous years. That is good news but the police need to

do that work to deliver. Can I thank my right honourable friend the Fire

Minister for his intervention which has seen Staffordshire Fire

authority cancel a ?4 million skills centre. Work the Fire authority ride

to review this scheme as we need to ensure taxpayer money is spent

wisely and there are other ways of delivering all-important fire

prevention work? I thank my honourable friend for a very kind

comment. Importantly the credit goes to a very good fire authority that

has lifted a programme, taking a proper review about using taxpayer

money and I congratulate and thank them for that work. My constituent

is a well known figure in the Scottish music scene has been in

detention for 30 days, which is taking a brittle tone on his mental

and physical health. I wrote to the Minister for immigration on the 16th

of January but have yet to receive a response. Will the minister meet

with me to discuss Robert's ongoing detention? We don't, as a rule,

comment on individual cases but I am more than happy to meet as her as

soon as possible. Would the Secretary of State agree that

looking after adult victims of human trafficking through the Salvation

Army is the best system in Europe and we should also confirm that the

45 days mention is the minimum, that the maximum? I would agree with my

honourable friend and I would like to pay tribute to the work that he

has done in helping us put this system in place. We use third

parties like the Salvation Army who do a fantastic job of looking after

people who have been trafficked and he is right. 45 days is a minimum.

There is often a longer time period but we will always keep it under

review because we want to help these vulnerable people. At the weekend I

heard the heartbreaking story of one of the children who has only ever

known her father as a face on a laptop. When he stood up to walk

away she called mummy, daddy has got legs as well. Does the Home

Secretary found that as distressing as I do and what will she do? I am

not entirely clear what the situation is the honourable lady has

referred to, but I will meet with what she can meet with the

Immigration Minister to discuss it. Will the Home Secretary give an

absolute guarantee that there will be no changes in the rules relating

to EU migrant Labour this summer to allow fruit pickers in my

constituency to implement the contract that have already entered

into? I thank the honourable gentleman for giving me the

opportunity to remind everyone that while we are members of the EU that

situation is that can be guaranteed. My constituent was working with

coalition forces in Iraq to set up an academy to train security forces.

This put his life in danger, in two dozen 14th family claimed asylum and

have still not heard back despite numerous interventions by the

previous MP with the ministerial team. Will the Minister meet with me

to discuss this special case? I would be more than happy to have

such a meeting. Shefford Council have already received ten

unaccompanied children migrants and the community are keen to support

more such children in need. They are finding it difficult to establish

the exact numbers they can expect over coming months. Given the

uncertainty that has faced in receiving such honourable children,

what assurances can the Home Secretary give? I thank the Bill

ready for her question and it is sometimes uncertain when we are able

to actually bring the children over to the UK toss-up we had the

situation with Calais and we were told X number by the French one day

and it moved quickly to the next. We were always do our best to give

councils as much notice as possible but sometimes numbers change at

short notice. My constituency has a constituent who is 100% Scottish,

Judy a mistake and his mother's maiden name, he has been denied a

password and been told he will need to reapply for British citizenship

at the cost of ?2000. Will someone from the Home Office meet me so we

can this hideous case? It can be behind the chair, but it could be in

quite a large number of other places on the Parliamentary estate. There

is nothing odd about it. It sounds like I will be busy having meeting

colleagues from the SNP, but I am happy to have that meeting as well.

We must move on. I think I have called everybody who had not

previously asked the question. Before we move on to the urgent

question, there is a short