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Order, order. Questions to the
Secretary of State for the Home | 0:00:11 | 0:00:16 | |
Department. Secretary Amber Rudd.
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I recognise | 0:00:16 | 0:00:27 | |
the role firefighters play in
protecting communities as the | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
mistreated during the tragic fires
recently at Liverpool Echo Arena car | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
park. Fire Services have the funds
they need and will receive £2.3 | 0:00:34 | 0:00:42 | |
billion in 2018-19 to continue their
vital work. Single purpose | 0:00:42 | 0:00:47 | |
authorities' non-ringfenced reserves
increased by 88% to £615 million | 0:00:47 | 0:00:53 | |
between March 2011 and March 2000
17. This is equivalent to 49% of net | 0:00:53 | 0:00:58 | |
expenditure. The Home Secretary will
be aware that there are 20% fewer | 0:00:58 | 0:01:05 | |
firefighters in Plymouth today than
there were in 2010, but the risk has | 0:01:05 | 0:01:08 | |
not gone down. With the combustible
cladding still on the tower blocks | 0:01:08 | 0:01:12 | |
in Devonport, the risk remains high.
Will the Home Secretary be able to | 0:01:12 | 0:01:16 | |
give us the reassurance that there
will be no further reductions in | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
firefighters in Plymouth and no
further reductions in firefighting | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
funding? The honourable gentleman
raises an interesting point. He is | 0:01:21 | 0:01:27 | |
right that there are 20% less
firefighters, but there are 50% less | 0:01:27 | 0:01:32 | |
incidence of fire that firefighters
have to attend. It seems to me that | 0:01:32 | 0:01:38 | |
we are still able to get the best
service from our firefighters. If | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
the honourable gentleman has
requirements for his community in | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
terms of tower blocks, he should
approach the DGC to assist with | 0:01:44 | 0:01:52 | |
additional needs. In
Northamptonshire, we now have a | 0:01:52 | 0:01:57 | |
joint police and fire commissioner.
Does the Home Secretary agreed what | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
is the best way to make the best use
of limited resources? My honourable | 0:02:00 | 0:02:05 | |
friend is right. It is an excellent
way to use resources most | 0:02:05 | 0:02:11 | |
efficiently, to make sure we have
those sort of mergers. There is now | 0:02:11 | 0:02:17 | |
an obligation from legislation
passed last year to make sure that | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
fire authorities work more closely
with the police. The Home Secretary | 0:02:20 | 0:02:25 | |
has already referred to the major
fire that ravaged the car park at | 0:02:25 | 0:02:31 | |
Liverpool Arena car park on New
Year's Eve. Around 1400 vehicles | 0:02:31 | 0:02:36 | |
were destroyed. It was only because
of the magnificent efforts of | 0:02:36 | 0:02:41 | |
Merseyside firefighters that there
was no loss of life. But would she | 0:02:41 | 0:02:46 | |
take it as a warning that government
cuts, slashing 42 full-time | 0:02:46 | 0:02:51 | |
appliances down to 26 now and 18
next year are putting lives at risk? | 0:02:51 | 0:02:57 | |
Will she undertake to review funding
for the Merseyside fire and rescuers | 0:02:57 | 0:03:03 | |
are to? I would point out to the
honourable lady the scale of the | 0:03:03 | 0:03:08 | |
reserves that I have already
highlighted and ask her to work with | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
her own fire authority to ensure
that they are using that wisely. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:17 | |
Following up on her comments, I pay
the utmost respect and admiration | 0:03:17 | 0:03:22 | |
for the firefighters who did such an
excellent job in that incident. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:27 | |
Michael Fabricant. In Lichfield, we
have a new fire station, but we have | 0:03:27 | 0:03:31 | |
one less fire appliance, which seems
an odd sense of priorities to me and | 0:03:31 | 0:03:38 | |
the weather Fire Service is run in
Staffordshire. There would be a £10 | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
million saving if only the police
and the Fire Service merged their | 0:03:41 | 0:03:46 | |
back-office function. What can the
Home Secretary do to encourage them | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
to do that? It's an excellent point
from my honourable friend and it | 0:03:50 | 0:03:55 | |
reinforces the point made by one of
our colleagues about the best way to | 0:03:55 | 0:04:01 | |
achieve efficiencies, which is close
working between police and fire. I | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
urge him to encourage his authority
to put in the business case review | 0:04:04 | 0:04:09 | |
for us to look at. May I wish you a
happy new year, Mr Speaker. The | 0:04:09 | 0:04:15 | |
Secretary of State has already
mentioned the fire in the lighthouse | 0:04:15 | 0:04:20 | |
tower in the Northern Quarter in
Manchester. Would she join with me | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
in praising the quick efforts of the
Manchester Fire Service that meant | 0:04:23 | 0:04:28 | |
that everybody was safely evacuated
from what looked to be a serious | 0:04:28 | 0:04:33 | |
fire in that tower block, and would
she reassure me and communities in | 0:04:33 | 0:04:38 | |
Manchester and across the country
that the Fire Services will not only | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
have the resources they need, but
the powers to inspect and ensure | 0:04:41 | 0:04:46 | |
that private as well as social
housing residential blocks are fire | 0:04:46 | 0:04:51 | |
safe so that these fires don't
spread? I will happily join the | 0:04:51 | 0:04:56 | |
honourable lady in thanking the
firefighters for doing an excellent | 0:04:56 | 0:04:59 | |
job. She raises an important point,
which is that it is not just about | 0:04:59 | 0:05:05 | |
resources, it is also about having
the right powers. That is why we | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
have commissioned a report on
building regulations from Dame | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
Judith Hackett, who reported her
interim findings in December. We | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
will hear from her later in the
spring with her final report. I hope | 0:05:15 | 0:05:21 | |
that will give us additional
guidance on what powers are | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
necessary to make sure these fires
don't take place in future. Tackling | 0:05:24 | 0:05:28 | |
race presents a significant
financial burden for Fire And Rescue | 0:05:28 | 0:05:35 | |
Services -- tackling waste fires.
Will my right honourable friend meet | 0:05:35 | 0:05:41 | |
with me to discuss the measures that
can be taken to reduce the risk of | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
waste fires? Again, I congratulate
her local fire authority on the good | 0:05:44 | 0:05:51 | |
work they have done and I am happy
to volunteer the fire minister to | 0:05:51 | 0:05:56 | |
have an early meeting with her. We
constantly hear ministers coming to | 0:05:56 | 0:06:05 | |
the dispatch box, talking about
reserves in the Fire and Rescue | 0:06:05 | 0:06:09 | |
Service, as if there is a magic
money tree. But is the Secretary of | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
State aware that most of the
reserves are already earmarked for | 0:06:12 | 0:06:17 | |
future spending? The annual budget
for the Fire and Rescue Service in | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
England is £2.3 billion, yet it only
holds 143 million in an allocated | 0:06:20 | 0:06:26 | |
reserves. That is less than a
month's operating costs was the | 0:06:26 | 0:06:31 | |
issue seriously suggesting that
capital reserves of just 6% are an | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
adequate cover for all emergencies?
If she is, she is living in cloud | 0:06:34 | 0:06:38 | |
cuckoo land. I can generously deny
that I am living in cloud cuckoo | 0:06:38 | 0:06:46 | |
land. I think the honourable
gentleman is being too lenient on | 0:06:46 | 0:06:51 | |
these enormous reserves that have
been accumulated. They have grown by | 0:06:51 | 0:06:56 | |
150%. They are 40% now of annual
revenue. I know the Labour Party is | 0:06:56 | 0:07:01 | |
not familiar with careful public
finance guarding, and I would urge | 0:07:01 | 0:07:08 | |
him to scrutinise this matter rather
than treating us like a Venezuelan | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
dictatorship. Question two. I would
like to group these with five, 13 | 0:07:10 | 0:07:26 | |
and 15. Before Christmas the
government proposed a new police | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
funding settlement for 2018-19 that
will increase funding by up to £450 | 0:07:29 | 0:07:36 | |
million across the police system. It
is the police and crime | 0:07:36 | 0:07:39 | |
commissioners and Chief constables
to determine the number of officers | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
required for their force areas. On
New Year's Eve in West Norwood, | 0:07:42 | 0:07:50 | |
17-year-old Kyle Parnell became the
39th victim of a fatal knife attack | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
in England and Wales in 2017. To
solve the growing tragedy of knife | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
crime, the police need to be able to
work in partnership with | 0:07:57 | 0:08:01 | |
communities, the NHS and other
public sector agencies. But the loss | 0:08:01 | 0:08:05 | |
of 20,000 officers since 2010 means
forces across the country are | 0:08:05 | 0:08:09 | |
stretched to breaking point. Will
the minister guarantee that there | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
will be no further drop in police
numbers? | 0:08:12 | 0:08:18 | |
The short answer is it is down to
the Mayor and the leader of the Met. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:24 | |
She is right to talk about this
tragic loss of life, lives cut | 0:08:24 | 0:08:30 | |
short. I think she is wrong to focus
entirely on the question of police | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
officers. The last time we had a
spike in deaths from knife crime in | 0:08:32 | 0:08:39 | |
London was 2008, when we have
roughly the same amount of police | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
officers as we have now. In
December, I went out with my local | 0:08:42 | 0:08:48 | |
Safer Neighbourhood team. Despite
the tremendous work they do, two | 0:08:48 | 0:08:53 | |
officers pay award is not enough. My
local police station recently | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
closed. -- two officers to a ward
full stop Wilbur Government | 0:08:55 | 0:09:07 | |
committed to investing in police?
Police numbers in London have been | 0:09:07 | 0:09:10 | |
stable for some time. Any decisions
for the future are to be taken by | 0:09:10 | 0:09:16 | |
the Mayor on the head of the Met.
What I will say to the honourable | 0:09:16 | 0:09:20 | |
lady, as a result of the settlement,
if the Mayor does what we are | 0:09:20 | 0:09:23 | |
empowering him to do, it will mean
an additional £4.3 million for the | 0:09:23 | 0:09:27 | |
Met on top of the reserves, for a
force that has made great strides | 0:09:27 | 0:09:34 | |
and efficiency, but continues to
require improvement. Safety in the | 0:09:34 | 0:09:39 | |
capital matters a great deal, which
is why the Met police has more | 0:09:39 | 0:09:44 | |
officers per head than the national
average. Constituents are bearing | 0:09:44 | 0:09:49 | |
the brunt of the police cuts, with
Greater Manchester Police officers | 0:09:49 | 0:09:53 | |
cut by 23% since 2010. That is
nearly 2000 fewer officers on the | 0:09:53 | 0:09:58 | |
streets of Manchester. The Home
Secretary rightly praised the | 0:09:58 | 0:10:03 | |
officers in response to last year's
terror attack in the city. Yet GMP | 0:10:03 | 0:10:09 | |
face further real terms cuts to
their resources. What steps shall | 0:10:09 | 0:10:15 | |
she take to make sure that the local
police forces adequately resourced | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
to keep people safe? I am sure the
honourable lady will welcome the | 0:10:19 | 0:10:23 | |
fact that the number of police
officers has risen in Greater | 0:10:23 | 0:10:28 | |
Manchester in 2016. She will also
welcome that the police funding | 0:10:28 | 0:10:30 | |
settlement will result in nine
additional £10 million going into | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
Greater Manchester Police. She may
also want to ask the Mayor why | 0:10:33 | 0:10:39 | |
reserves for Greater Manchester have
gone up by £29 million. In 2014-15, | 0:10:39 | 0:10:47 | |
the provisional grant allocation for
the police was just over £8 billion. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
In December of last year, the Home
Office announced that it would be | 0:10:51 | 0:11:00 | |
just 7.35 billion pounds, despite
the fact that according to the | 0:11:00 | 0:11:04 | |
Office for Budget Responsibility,
inflation has been projected to be | 0:11:04 | 0:11:07 | |
7% over this period. As this is a
substantial real cut in police | 0:11:07 | 0:11:11 | |
funding, with the Secretary of State
like to suggest where savings can be | 0:11:11 | 0:11:14 | |
made on a scale that would protect
police numbers? I am sure the | 0:11:14 | 0:11:19 | |
honourable gentleman will welcome
the fact that Thames Valley Police | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
will benefit if the Police and Crime
Commissioner exercises the flex | 0:11:21 | 0:11:27 | |
ability that we are offering. An
initial £12.7 billion in 2017. How | 0:11:27 | 0:11:35 | |
that works out, I don't know. I
thought I had better get in quick, | 0:11:35 | 0:11:39 | |
before the Prime Minister's
inevitable call to me. Mr Speaker, | 0:11:39 | 0:11:51 | |
there has been a very worrying
increase in crime across the Shipley | 0:11:51 | 0:11:55 | |
constituency over recent months. I
expect to see more police officers, | 0:11:55 | 0:12:01 | |
and my constituents expect to see
more police officers. The first duty | 0:12:01 | 0:12:04 | |
of the government is to protect the
public and keep them safe. I have to | 0:12:04 | 0:12:09 | |
say, they are not putting enough
focus on police resources. These | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
would they give them the resources
they need to keep our constituents | 0:12:12 | 0:12:17 | |
safe? They are in danger of being
very greatly out of touch with | 0:12:17 | 0:12:21 | |
public opinion. I am sure she is
keeping the position open for him. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:28 | |
Minister? I had better keep my
answer short, I understand that the | 0:12:28 | 0:12:36 | |
point that he is making is that
there is more cash going into | 0:12:36 | 0:12:40 | |
policing in Yorkshire. How that
money is allocated is up to police | 0:12:40 | 0:12:46 | |
constables. They are accountable to
the public they serve and members of | 0:12:46 | 0:12:50 | |
Parliament that serve those
constituencies. These | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
representations need to be made
directly. As a result of the funding | 0:12:53 | 0:12:57 | |
settlement, there are up to £450
million of investment going into | 0:12:57 | 0:13:02 | |
British policing next year. The
Mayor of London has something like | 0:13:02 | 0:13:07 | |
half a billion in reserves. But the
Minister agree that some of that | 0:13:07 | 0:13:09 | |
should be spent on strengthening
police resources in my constituency? | 0:13:09 | 0:13:16 | |
The budget is set to grow to £2.5
billion. The reserves of half £1 | 0:13:16 | 0:13:23 | |
billion for the Met. The Mayor has
his own reserves, funding per head. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:29 | |
Officer numbers per head is running
at 1.5 times the national average in | 0:13:29 | 0:13:33 | |
London. It is time, and I speak as a
Londoner and London MP, for the | 0:13:33 | 0:13:37 | |
Mayor of London to get a serious
answer to the question, what are you | 0:13:37 | 0:13:42 | |
doing? At the moment, it is just
writing letters to the Home | 0:13:42 | 0:13:45 | |
Secretary, and that is not good
enough. While the number of police | 0:13:45 | 0:13:51 | |
officers is very important, so are
their skills and the nature of the | 0:13:51 | 0:13:53 | |
crime they are dealing with. Given
that we are now more likely, 20 | 0:13:53 | 0:13:59 | |
times more likely, to be a victim of
online crime than off-line crime, | 0:13:59 | 0:14:02 | |
can the Minister assure us that the
police have the skills to deal with | 0:14:02 | 0:14:07 | |
crime in the digital age? Can I
thank my honourable friend for | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
making an incredibly important
point? I know that my constituents | 0:14:10 | 0:14:12 | |
are much more vulnerable to crime on
their computers at home than walking | 0:14:12 | 0:14:17 | |
down the High Street. We have to
respond to the changing nature of | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
crime in this country. The number of
police officers matters a great | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
deal. The capabilities inside this
service matter enormously. That is | 0:14:24 | 0:14:28 | |
why the government not go has
invested £1.9 billion in cyber | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
security. Happy New Year, Mr
Speaker. It is all about service | 0:14:31 | 0:14:36 | |
delivered for the funds invested,
getting the best service. Aided and | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
Somerset police have seen a 180%
rise in sexual offences, and a 42% | 0:14:39 | 0:14:51 | |
rise in recorded domestic abuse is
on the last four years. Could the | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
Minister confirm any new funding,
either from Government, which is | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
much welcome, or that a raise in the
preset could be directed to these | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
growing areas? I thank my honourable
friend for that question. If the PCC | 0:14:58 | 0:15:04 | |
uses their new powers, Avon and
Somerset should receive £8 million | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
of new investment next year. That
would need to be allocated to local | 0:15:07 | 0:15:12 | |
priorities. The numbers she states
about the growth in reporting of | 0:15:12 | 0:15:16 | |
crime rates and domestic violence
are striking, and I would expect | 0:15:16 | 0:15:19 | |
that to be reflected in local
priorities. Number three? Mr | 0:15:19 | 0:15:27 | |
Speaker, the Government is very keen
to encourage further collaboration | 0:15:27 | 0:15:30 | |
between the blue lights services,
and have taken action through the | 0:15:30 | 0:15:38 | |
Policing And Crime Act 2017, to
empower just that. I think this | 0:15:38 | 0:15:42 | |
question is grouped with number
four? | 0:15:42 | 0:15:45 | |
Can I wish you and your family happy
New Year from this side of the | 0:15:46 | 0:15:51 | |
house, and congratulate my right arm
or friend for retaining her job, | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
where she is doing a splendid role.
-- my right honourable friend. Can I | 0:15:54 | 0:15:59 | |
ask the Minister come on that last
question, if he can reassure me and | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
my constituents that this
collaboration, leading to a | 0:16:02 | 0:16:07 | |
patchwork quilt, potentially, across
the country of service, can he | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
ensure that the integrity of the
services will be maintained? My | 0:16:09 | 0:16:15 | |
honourable friend makes an important
point. I say two things, joint | 0:16:15 | 0:16:20 | |
police and fire governance will
improve accountability because there | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
will be a single point of
accountability, democratically | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
elected. The second point, in
relation to the efficiency and | 0:16:26 | 0:16:30 | |
integrity of Fire Services, I hope
he will welcome a very significant | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
reform introduced by this
government, independent inspection | 0:16:33 | 0:16:39 | |
of Fire Services. I recently held
meetings with both the Chief | 0:16:39 | 0:16:42 | |
Constable and the chief fire officer
for the Humberside area. I welcome | 0:16:42 | 0:16:47 | |
the fact they are collaborating more
closely. In an area that contains | 0:16:47 | 0:16:53 | |
chemical plants, oil refineries and
other dangerous plants, could the | 0:16:53 | 0:16:59 | |
Prime Minister reassure my
constituents that the Fire Service | 0:16:59 | 0:17:01 | |
will not take their eye off the ball
in their main role? Well, I thank my | 0:17:01 | 0:17:06 | |
friend for that intervention. I am
well aware of the risks in his | 0:17:06 | 0:17:11 | |
constituency. As the Home Secretary
said, local Fire Services are | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
adequately resourced, and they do
sit on relatively high levels of | 0:17:14 | 0:17:20 | |
reserves. We believe our Fire
Service have the resources to do the | 0:17:20 | 0:17:26 | |
job. The 22-year-old Stephen Dyson's
body was found in Ramsbottom on | 0:17:26 | 0:17:33 | |
Saturday morning, six days after he
went missing on New Year's Day. Mr | 0:17:33 | 0:17:37 | |
Speaker, it is at the worst of times
that we often see the best of | 0:17:37 | 0:17:41 | |
people. Will the Home Secretary join
me in thanking Greater Manchester | 0:17:41 | 0:17:45 | |
Police, our Fire Service and the
hundreds, hundreds of local | 0:17:45 | 0:17:49 | |
volunteers who spent last week
looking for Stephen, as well as the | 0:17:49 | 0:17:55 | |
Ramsbottom British Legion, which
hosted the campaign centre, and the | 0:17:55 | 0:17:59 | |
local businesses that donated items.
The outpouring of support was | 0:17:59 | 0:18:03 | |
incredible, and I hope it goes some
way of giving strength to Stephen's | 0:18:03 | 0:18:07 | |
dear mum and everybody mourning. I
am sure the whole house would want | 0:18:07 | 0:18:14 | |
to associate themselves with the
honourable gentleman's remarks and | 0:18:14 | 0:18:16 | |
pass on our condolences to the young
man's family. I join him in paying | 0:18:16 | 0:18:22 | |
tribute to the hard work of all of
the emergency services involved in | 0:18:22 | 0:18:25 | |
that tragic circumstance. Does the
Minister accept that there is | 0:18:25 | 0:18:31 | |
already a great degree of
cooperation and collaboration | 0:18:31 | 0:18:34 | |
between our bluelight services and
that any move by Government to force | 0:18:34 | 0:18:38 | |
further formal collaboration through
mergers could be detrimental to all | 0:18:38 | 0:18:45 | |
services? I agree entirely, there
are fantastic examples of | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
collaboration across the country.
Fire and fire, police and police, | 0:18:48 | 0:18:54 | |
across the blue services. The
benefits, not just financial, but in | 0:18:54 | 0:18:58 | |
terms of to the public. Where Police
and Crime Commissioner is wanted to | 0:18:58 | 0:19:03 | |
seize the opportunity to improve
accountability for local | 0:19:03 | 0:19:08 | |
performances, we are going to enable
that. But they still have to deliver | 0:19:08 | 0:19:12 | |
and consult with communities. I am
slightly uneasy about the | 0:19:12 | 0:19:19 | |
amalgamation of the Wiltshire and
Dorset Fire Services last year. | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
Would my honourable friend not agree
with me that it makes subsequent | 0:19:22 | 0:19:27 | |
cooperation with the Ambulance
Service or local authority very much | 0:19:27 | 0:19:31 | |
more difficult? Is the amalgamation
and reversible, and if so, what are | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
we going to do about the
amalgamation that he seeks? My | 0:19:34 | 0:19:41 | |
understanding is that the
amalgamation is working well and is | 0:19:41 | 0:19:45 | |
largely welcomed across the system.
It does present challenges in terms | 0:19:45 | 0:19:50 | |
of further amalgamation, because of
boundary issues. I would ask him to | 0:19:50 | 0:19:57 | |
perhaps open his mind to the
benefits of that merger, which | 0:19:57 | 0:20:01 | |
appeared to me to be very real. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
Provisions contained in the policing
and crime act 2017 ban the use of | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
police cells as places of safety for
under 18s, restrict their use for | 0:20:14 | 0:20:20 | |
adults and reduce the maximum period
of the French detention to 24 hours. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:25 | |
Information for the length of time
that people are detained under the | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
Mental Health Act, pending an
assessment, is not held by the Home | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
Office, but we are seeking to
ascertain the scale and nature of | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
the issue and will review
information provided by the College | 0:20:34 | 0:20:39 | |
of nursing. Under the police and
criminal evidence act 1984, police | 0:20:39 | 0:20:44 | |
have just 24 hours to hold somebody
with a mental illness. The College | 0:20:44 | 0:20:48 | |
of policing shared with the BBC last
year that 264 people were held for | 0:20:48 | 0:20:52 | |
longer than this, including a
mentally ill child, for five days. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:56 | |
Is the Home Secretary aware of the
report and what steps have been | 0:20:56 | 0:21:00 | |
taken to remedy the situation? Very
much. I thank the honourable lady | 0:21:00 | 0:21:04 | |
for raising this important issue. We
know there is an issue in this area | 0:21:04 | 0:21:08 | |
and she will be pleased to know that
her constabulary, West Midlands, | 0:21:08 | 0:21:11 | |
does very well on this. It did not
use police cells at all for such | 0:21:11 | 0:21:17 | |
detentions last year, and indeed
since 2030 and it has only used it | 0:21:17 | 0:21:21 | |
on 14 occasions. Any occasion as one
occasion too much. She will join me, | 0:21:21 | 0:21:25 | |
I am sure, in being pleased that the
use of police stations as places of | 0:21:25 | 0:21:30 | |
safety nearly harvest last year. --
was nearly halved last year. Does | 0:21:30 | 0:21:40 | |
the Minister agree that a police
station is not a suitable place for | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
an innocent person suffering mental
health problems, and would she | 0:21:43 | 0:21:48 | |
support initiatives like those in
the West Midlands to make sure that | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
people with mental health problems
get the medical support they need, | 0:21:51 | 0:21:53 | |
when they need it? Very much so. My
honourable friend will be pleased to | 0:21:53 | 0:21:59 | |
know that last year health places
were used as places of safety in | 0:21:59 | 0:22:04 | |
more than 26,000 cases, compared
with 1029 cases when it came to | 0:22:04 | 0:22:11 | |
using cells. We are determined to
try to sort this out. On the | 0:22:11 | 0:22:18 | |
question of detention, the Minister
will have read recent reports that | 0:22:18 | 0:22:21 | |
immigration detainees have been paid
£1 an hour. Can the Minister assure | 0:22:21 | 0:22:27 | |
the house that no children are
currently held in detention, that no | 0:22:27 | 0:22:32 | |
pregnant women are currently being
held in detention and that nobody is | 0:22:32 | 0:22:35 | |
being paid below the legal minimum
wage in any of the immigration | 0:22:35 | 0:22:40 | |
detention centres? As I say, we are
determined to ensure that places of | 0:22:40 | 0:22:46 | |
safety are in appropriate places,
and we are investing £30 million to | 0:22:46 | 0:22:52 | |
try to ensure that happens. If there
are any individual case is that you | 0:22:52 | 0:22:56 | |
would like to bring to my attention,
of course, I will consider and | 0:22:56 | 0:22:59 | |
review them very carefully. Question
number seven, Mr Speaker. The | 0:22:59 | 0:23:05 | |
government Baku is clear that
carefully controlled migration | 0:23:05 | 0:23:09 | |
benefits the economy, the Exchequer
and our communities in general. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:14 | |
Thank you for that answer. The
Scottish Government, as well as SNP | 0:23:14 | 0:23:19 | |
members, have been calling for
immigration to be devolved. Does my | 0:23:19 | 0:23:24 | |
right honourable friend agree with
me that any separate systems on | 0:23:24 | 0:23:27 | |
immigration would do nothing except
lead to chaos, confusion, and extra | 0:23:27 | 0:23:34 | |
barriers for those looking to live
and work in Scotland, as well as the | 0:23:34 | 0:23:38 | |
rest of our United Kingdom? My
honourable friend is absolutely | 0:23:38 | 0:23:42 | |
right, immigration is a reserved
matter, apply different rules of | 0:23:42 | 0:23:46 | |
immigration to different parts of
the UK would complicated system. I | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
believe he might share my view that
if Scotland wants to attract the | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
brightest and the best, as the rest
of this country does, they might | 0:23:52 | 0:23:56 | |
think twice about raising their own
taxes? That might put people off. | 0:23:56 | 0:24:03 | |
The NHS has reported that almost
10,000 EU doctors, nurses and | 0:24:03 | 0:24:07 | |
support staff left the country in
the year following the referendum. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
As the Home Secretary aware of
levels of staff shortages and how | 0:24:10 | 0:24:13 | |
does she see the situation
developing if there are further | 0:24:13 | 0:24:17 | |
restrictions on migration for work
purposes? We value the important | 0:24:17 | 0:24:22 | |
work that EU migrants do in our
health service. There are no plans | 0:24:22 | 0:24:26 | |
to restrict the way they can work
here. They make an important | 0:24:26 | 0:24:31 | |
contribution. I am aware that some
of them have gone back. There are | 0:24:31 | 0:24:35 | |
countries which have had a strong
economic recovery like Spain, and | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
they are going back there to work.
There has also been a higher level | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
of test for English language to make
sure that all health professionals | 0:24:42 | 0:24:48 | |
in our service can communicate
clearly. What progress has been made | 0:24:48 | 0:24:54 | |
designing a system allowing firms to
access seasonal labour from | 0:24:54 | 0:25:04 | |
overseas? My honourable friend is
concerned to make sure that | 0:25:04 | 0:25:07 | |
agriculture has the support it needs
from overseas workers. This is | 0:25:07 | 0:25:12 | |
something the migration advisory
councils will be looking out for us | 0:25:12 | 0:25:14 | |
and we expect them to report later
in the year. Can I congratulate the | 0:25:14 | 0:25:20 | |
Home Secretary on making a positive
economic case for immigration? But | 0:25:20 | 0:25:25 | |
how does she think the message from
the immigration cap, Brexit, hostile | 0:25:25 | 0:25:32 | |
approach to immigrants and general
rhetoric from many of her | 0:25:32 | 0:25:34 | |
conservative colleagues helps make
the case? The honourable gentleman | 0:25:34 | 0:25:42 | |
can't have the moral high ground on
immigration in that way. We on the | 0:25:42 | 0:25:45 | |
side of the house recognise the
value to immigrants played to | 0:25:45 | 0:25:50 | |
arriving in the UK, the brightest
and the best working in our | 0:25:50 | 0:25:53 | |
hospitals, attending our
universities. We are positive about | 0:25:53 | 0:25:56 | |
immigrants. We want to do it in a
way that controls our borders and | 0:25:56 | 0:26:03 | |
delivers on the reductions that we
have committed to. Education is | 0:26:03 | 0:26:08 | |
vital for the economy. I have a
constituent who returned to Canada, | 0:26:08 | 0:26:13 | |
leaving a vacancy in the primary
school where she taught, due to the | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
delays in the Home Office dealing
with her application. Could the Home | 0:26:16 | 0:26:21 | |
Secretary look at this urgently so
that we can find a conclusion for | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
this case? I know that my honourable
friend has been concerned about this | 0:26:24 | 0:26:31 | |
issue. I can't comment on this
individual one now, but as soon as | 0:26:31 | 0:26:35 | |
we have a new Immigration Minister,
I will volunteer him or her to speak | 0:26:35 | 0:26:40 | |
to the honourable gentleman.
International students make an | 0:26:40 | 0:26:47 | |
enormous contribution to our
economy. 25 billion a year. Can the | 0:26:47 | 0:26:53 | |
minister confirm that the government
supports Labour's policy of removing | 0:26:53 | 0:26:58 | |
international students from the net
migration target? I would like to | 0:26:58 | 0:27:05 | |
reassure the honourable gentleman
that we value the contribution that | 0:27:05 | 0:27:07 | |
students make to our economy, our
cultures and university towns. In | 0:27:07 | 0:27:14 | |
the past ten years, we have seen at
25% increase in the number of | 0:27:14 | 0:27:17 | |
students attending. We have seen a
9% increase in the Russell Group | 0:27:17 | 0:27:22 | |
attendance of international
students. Those numbers remain | 0:27:22 | 0:27:24 | |
uncapped. Business, the trade unions
and universities in Scotland have | 0:27:24 | 0:27:35 | |
all asked this government to look at
the issue of devolving immigration | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
to Scotland. In a report just before
Christmas, the think-tank IPPR said | 0:27:38 | 0:27:43 | |
that devolving immigration would
assist the Scottish economy. Will | 0:27:43 | 0:27:48 | |
she now looks seriously at these
recommendations and at the request | 0:27:48 | 0:27:57 | |
of business and universities in
Scotland to devolve immigration? The | 0:27:57 | 0:28:00 | |
right honourable lady and I have
discussed this before, privately as | 0:28:00 | 0:28:04 | |
well as publicly. She is aware that
the migration advisory Council on | 0:28:04 | 0:28:08 | |
going to be looking at different
areas within the United Kingdom. So | 0:28:08 | 0:28:13 | |
I would suggest that she might come
back to me and we can continue that | 0:28:13 | 0:28:17 | |
conversation when they report. We
have no plans to devolve | 0:28:17 | 0:28:19 | |
immigration. I thank the Home
Secretary for saying she will at | 0:28:19 | 0:28:25 | |
least look at the issue. A primary
school on the island of Marvel has | 0:28:25 | 0:28:30 | |
received only one application for a
vacancy for a Gaelic teacher. The | 0:28:30 | 0:28:34 | |
application came from a fully
qualified teacher who was Canadian, | 0:28:34 | 0:28:38 | |
but had trained in Scotland. Despite
the fact that she was the only | 0:28:38 | 0:28:42 | |
candidate for this job, the Home
Office have refused her visa | 0:28:42 | 0:28:46 | |
application twice. Doesn't this show
that a one size fits all UK | 0:28:46 | 0:28:51 | |
immigration policy is not working
for the Scottish economy and not | 0:28:51 | 0:28:54 | |
working for rural communities? I'm
surprised to hear that they're not | 0:28:54 | 0:29:01 | |
more Gaelic speakers in Scotland who
might be able to apply for the job, | 0:29:01 | 0:29:05 | |
rather than Canadians. But in this
instance, I would again suggest that | 0:29:05 | 0:29:08 | |
she comes to see the new Immigration
Minister at some stage. There may be | 0:29:08 | 0:29:13 | |
more to this that she has spoken of
in the House. It is difficult to | 0:29:13 | 0:29:17 | |
comment on individual cases. The
minister will all about the | 0:29:17 | 0:29:21 | |
situation on the island of Mull.
Minister Ben Wallace. I'm standing | 0:29:21 | 0:29:32 | |
in for the Immigration Minister, but
hopefully not for too long. With | 0:29:32 | 0:29:35 | |
your permission, I will group a few
questions together. The Border Force | 0:29:35 | 0:29:44 | |
hasn't ongoing programme of its
cutters. They recently installed new | 0:29:44 | 0:29:48 | |
surveillance systems on cutters and
are currently upgrading radars and | 0:29:48 | 0:29:52 | |
replacing original boats used by
cutters to deploy boarding teams to | 0:29:52 | 0:29:57 | |
ensure they remain effective
maritime security platforms. Does | 0:29:57 | 0:30:01 | |
the minister believe that the UK
Border Force is adequately resourced | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
to safeguard small harbours and
landing sites such as in my | 0:30:04 | 0:30:09 | |
constituency in Chichester? Our
harbour master has already been | 0:30:09 | 0:30:12 | |
involved in the apprehension of
people smugglers working with | 0:30:12 | 0:30:14 | |
coastal communities to look out for
suspicious activity. Can he confirm | 0:30:14 | 0:30:19 | |
if he is considering using
volunteers to support patrols in | 0:30:19 | 0:30:21 | |
areas like Jesus the harbour, and --
like Chichester Harbour, and does he | 0:30:21 | 0:30:26 | |
agree that there can be no
substitute for trained and qualified | 0:30:26 | 0:30:29 | |
Border Force professionals? By the
end of this financial year, the | 0:30:29 | 0:30:35 | |
Border Force maritime fleet will
have six CPVs and three cutters in | 0:30:35 | 0:30:40 | |
the UK plus two cutters deployed
overseas to deal with the issue | 0:30:40 | 0:30:44 | |
upstream, one in the Aegean and one
in the central Mediterranean. The | 0:30:44 | 0:30:47 | |
Border Force has invested £108
million in new technology to deal | 0:30:47 | 0:30:52 | |
with those challenges and will be
committed a further £71 million this | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
year. Whilst I was volunteering with
the lifeboats in Walton-on-the-Naze, | 0:30:55 | 0:31:04 | |
I learned how important local
maritime knowledge is. And I believe | 0:31:04 | 0:31:08 | |
such intelligence would be useful to
the Border Force when solving and | 0:31:08 | 0:31:12 | |
preventing crime. With the minister
tell me if the Border Force is | 0:31:12 | 0:31:16 | |
engaging with other agencies
including the RNLI coastguard boats | 0:31:16 | 0:31:19 | |
to share intelligence, tackle crime
and keep our coastline safe and | 0:31:19 | 0:31:25 | |
secure? The key to improving coastal
security is better exploitation of | 0:31:25 | 0:31:33 | |
data, some of that through full-time
people, but also through the many | 0:31:33 | 0:31:36 | |
volunteers that populate the coastal
paths and watch stations in our | 0:31:36 | 0:31:41 | |
community. That is why Border Force
has set up the multi-agency general | 0:31:41 | 0:31:46 | |
maritime intelligence bureau to
bring together existing | 0:31:46 | 0:31:49 | |
organisations of HM coastguard, HM
Revenue and Customs, Border Force | 0:31:49 | 0:31:52 | |
and the MoD, and the bureaus report
to the national maritime information | 0:31:52 | 0:31:58 | |
centre. What other measures is the
government undertaking to protect | 0:31:58 | 0:32:01 | |
and secure the UK border? Border
Force, the National Crime Agency and | 0:32:01 | 0:32:09 | |
other agencies are working with
international partners to secure | 0:32:09 | 0:32:12 | |
borders from a range of threats
including modern slavery, human | 0:32:12 | 0:32:16 | |
trafficking and terrorism. In the
last two years, Border Force has | 0:32:16 | 0:32:21 | |
invested £108 million. In addition
to the work of the Border Force | 0:32:21 | 0:32:28 | |
vessels, will my honourable friend
congratulate the Royal Navy and | 0:32:28 | 0:32:31 | |
other agencies for ensuring that the
rules are enforced on fishing | 0:32:31 | 0:32:41 | |
waters? Many people often forget
that our border is mounted models by | 0:32:41 | 0:32:45 | |
Border Force, but HM customs, the
Royal Navy, who do an amazing job on | 0:32:45 | 0:32:51 | |
our fisheries protection, and
volunteers from the royal national | 0:32:51 | 0:32:55 | |
lifeboat Institute and coastguard.
Together, that forms a large set of | 0:32:55 | 0:32:58 | |
eyes to keep an eye on our
coastline. That is why we have | 0:32:58 | 0:33:01 | |
developed something to make sure
that all reporting goes centrally | 0:33:01 | 0:33:05 | |
into a place where we can analyse
it. The Telegraph today reports that | 0:33:05 | 0:33:12 | |
there will be new checks introduced
at ports to help stop the import of | 0:33:12 | 0:33:16 | |
dangerous high-powered laser pens.
Does this mean the ports of Grimsby | 0:33:16 | 0:33:19 | |
will see more Border Force staff to
help with these new checks? There | 0:33:19 | 0:33:27 | |
will be better use of the
information we have two target our | 0:33:27 | 0:33:30 | |
resources in the right place. Just
sending Border Force officers to | 0:33:30 | 0:33:33 | |
turn up randomly usually gets no
proper effect. If we can base it on | 0:33:33 | 0:33:38 | |
information and we work with
shippers and parcel organisations | 0:33:38 | 0:33:45 | |
shipping contraband into the
country, or we can make sure the | 0:33:45 | 0:33:48 | |
right resources are delivered to the
right place. The minister will no | 0:33:48 | 0:33:52 | |
that his own figures show that 27 of
the 62 small ports had no visit from | 0:33:52 | 0:33:57 | |
a Border Force operative in the 12
months of last year. That needs not | 0:33:57 | 0:34:05 | |
volunteers, but Border Force
staffing. The honourable gentleman | 0:34:05 | 0:34:07 | |
will know from his previous job that
the border is not believed by Border | 0:34:07 | 0:34:11 | |
Force, it is policed by
counterterrorism officers, HMRC | 0:34:11 | 0:34:16 | |
officers, coastguard officers and
fishery protection officers. He will | 0:34:16 | 0:34:19 | |
know that on top of that, the
voluntary network of people like the | 0:34:19 | 0:34:23 | |
RNLI are the eyes and ears. When a
report or suspicion is raised or | 0:34:23 | 0:34:30 | |
intelligence received, the National
Crime Agency and others attend the | 0:34:30 | 0:34:32 | |
scene to deal with it. And there was
another body to add to that list. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:36 | |
Over Christmas, we learned that the
government planned to put in place a | 0:34:36 | 0:34:39 | |
special volunteer force to help
police our coastal communities. This | 0:34:39 | 0:34:43 | |
Dad's Army type operation is
apparently to be responsible for | 0:34:43 | 0:34:46 | |
helping keep us safe and protect us
from terrorism. I wonder if the | 0:34:46 | 0:34:51 | |
minister will tell us if we are all
going to be doomed or whether he | 0:34:51 | 0:34:55 | |
will complacently tell us, don't
panic. The only people that are | 0:34:55 | 0:35:00 | |
doomed are the SNP. Unlike the
honourable member, I have worn a | 0:35:00 | 0:35:06 | |
uniform and he will know that
uniformed services rely on a range | 0:35:06 | 0:35:12 | |
of specials, Territorial Army
support to meet the specialist | 0:35:12 | 0:35:14 | |
requirement we need. All uniformed
services should be able to take | 0:35:14 | 0:35:20 | |
advantage of the goodwill that
people want to provide. If we want | 0:35:20 | 0:35:24 | |
to use specials and territorial
support, we will. Happy new year | 0:35:24 | 0:35:28 | |
from my party. Given what the
minister has just said about the | 0:35:28 | 0:35:31 | |
role of the Royal Navy, isn't it
worrying when we read about these | 0:35:31 | 0:35:35 | |
Royal Navy warships that have been
tied up in harbour, not at sea? I'm | 0:35:35 | 0:35:41 | |
sure the honourable gentleman wants
to make sure our naval ships put to | 0:35:41 | 0:35:45 | |
sea are properly serviced and
equipped. That is why ships tie up | 0:35:45 | 0:35:51 | |
in port, not for any other reason.
That is why we deploy ships were | 0:35:51 | 0:35:55 | |
needed to match the threat.
Fisheries protection vessels are | 0:35:55 | 0:36:00 | |
often up and down the north-east of
Scotland, where he represents. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:10 | |
The government take the threat of
cyber crime extremely seriously, | 0:36:10 | 0:36:13 | |
which is why we have committed to
spending £1.9 billion to support a | 0:36:13 | 0:36:18 | |
national cyber security strategy
including boosting the capabilities | 0:36:18 | 0:36:20 | |
of the National Crime Agency 's,
national cyber crime unit and | 0:36:20 | 0:36:25 | |
investing in the cyber team within
which an organisation crime units to | 0:36:25 | 0:36:27 | |
bolster our response. A UK wide
charity with its headquarters based | 0:36:27 | 0:36:36 | |
in Southend, yet another reason why
Southend should be a city, recently | 0:36:36 | 0:36:40 | |
had £10,000 hacked from its account.
Would my honourable friend give us | 0:36:40 | 0:36:46 | |
some reassurance what further
safeguards can be given to | 0:36:46 | 0:36:49 | |
vulnerable charities to prevent them
from cyber crime? If you write to me | 0:36:49 | 0:36:55 | |
about the details of that case, I am
concerned that where something has | 0:36:55 | 0:36:59 | |
been hacked, that is usually called
a cyber enabled crime which would | 0:36:59 | 0:37:04 | |
get a reimbursement. I am happy to
look into his case. That is why we | 0:37:04 | 0:37:08 | |
have invested in general to stop
that type of fraud into the national | 0:37:08 | 0:37:14 | |
cyber security centre, which advises
many organisations, voluntary and | 0:37:14 | 0:37:18 | |
large-scale, about how to be safer
online. We have also invested in | 0:37:18 | 0:37:23 | |
technology to counter it. Cyber
crime is one of the fastest-growing | 0:37:23 | 0:37:27 | |
forms of crime. But on leaving the
European Union, it will still be the | 0:37:27 | 0:37:31 | |
case that the European Commission
will issue directives that relate to | 0:37:31 | 0:37:35 | |
tackling cyber crime. Europol will
still continue to apprehend | 0:37:35 | 0:37:39 | |
criminals, and a European Court of
Justice will still issue rulings. | 0:37:39 | 0:37:45 | |
What steps is the Home Office taking
to ensure continued alignment of UK | 0:37:45 | 0:37:50 | |
laws and regulation in this field?
We are working on a third-party | 0:37:50 | 0:38:01 | |
treaty to address just that. We
intend to continue collaborative | 0:38:01 | 0:38:06 | |
working in all areas of security
with our international partners, be | 0:38:06 | 0:38:08 | |
they in Europe or further afield. I
apologise if I missed something | 0:38:08 | 0:38:14 | |
valuable. If I did, I suggest the
honourable lady should place it in | 0:38:14 | 0:38:18 | |
the library of the House, where I
imagine it will be regularly | 0:38:18 | 0:38:21 | |
consulted. | 0:38:21 | 0:38:30 | |
The government's extremism strategy
was published in October 2015 and | 0:38:30 | 0:38:37 | |
detailed a comprehensive approach
aimed at countering extremist | 0:38:37 | 0:38:40 | |
ideology. We are also launching a
new commission for countering | 0:38:40 | 0:38:44 | |
extremism. It will identify and
challenge extremism and advise | 0:38:44 | 0:38:48 | |
government on new policies to
address it. A lead commissioner will | 0:38:48 | 0:38:51 | |
be announced shortly. Flying the
flag of the political wing of the | 0:38:51 | 0:38:59 | |
anti-Semitic terrorist organisation
has -- Hezbollah is deeply offensive | 0:38:59 | 0:39:09 | |
to our Jewish community. But it can
still be seen flying on certain | 0:39:09 | 0:39:15 | |
marches in London. What steps are
being taken to prevent this | 0:39:15 | 0:39:17 | |
happening. I'm very sympathetic to
the issues. I know that the police | 0:39:17 | 0:39:29 | |
are not ignoring it. As he has
rightly said, only Hezbollah's | 0:39:29 | 0:39:35 | |
military wing is currently a
prescribed terrorist organisation | 0:39:35 | 0:39:37 | |
and their flags are the same. | 0:39:37 | 0:39:44 | |
For an offence to be committed, the
flag must demonstrate that it is in | 0:39:44 | 0:39:47 | |
support of the prescribed military
wing of the group. Last month, I met | 0:39:47 | 0:39:55 | |
a British national due to be
deported. | 0:39:55 | 0:40:06 | |
What is the total number and how
many of those are facing charges in | 0:40:12 | 0:40:19 | |
the UK? The honourable gentleman
draws attention to important | 0:40:19 | 0:40:23 | |
relationship we have with Turkey
which is when people are returning | 0:40:23 | 0:40:26 | |
who have been potentially fighting
for Isis, we have a managed return | 0:40:26 | 0:40:32 | |
process so that we can prosecute. I
will certainly come back to him with | 0:40:32 | 0:40:36 | |
an update but I would like to
reassure him and the House that we | 0:40:36 | 0:40:40 | |
take every return seriously and
where we can we will always | 0:40:40 | 0:40:45 | |
prosecute. Thank you Mr Speaker. In
March 2016 we published the violence | 0:40:45 | 0:41:00 | |
against women and girls strategy
which sets out an ambitious | 0:41:00 | 0:41:05 | |
programme of reform and is supported
by £100 billion of funding. We will | 0:41:05 | 0:41:09 | |
also introduce a draft domestic
abuse Bill to better support victims | 0:41:09 | 0:41:16 | |
and bring perpetrators to justice.
Can I ask specifically what action | 0:41:16 | 0:41:23 | |
this government is taking to support
refugees Sikh refuges for women | 0:41:23 | 0:41:28 | |
fleeing domestic violence in Walsall
and across the Black Country whose | 0:41:28 | 0:41:32 | |
excellent staff do so much to
protect the safety of women and | 0:41:32 | 0:41:35 | |
children? He is right, there is
excellent work done in the Black | 0:41:35 | 0:41:41 | |
Country. I visited myself a women's
eight Black Country refuge and it | 0:41:41 | 0:41:45 | |
was impressive to see the excellent
work done there to support them. I | 0:41:45 | 0:41:50 | |
can reassure him that Walsall local
authority received £639,000 of the | 0:41:50 | 0:41:59 | |
funding in partnership with local
authorities. In addition to this | 0:41:59 | 0:42:04 | |
Wolverhampton and Birmingham
received £1.1 million between them | 0:42:04 | 0:42:10 | |
from the department. Psychological
abuse is happening to women in | 0:42:10 | 0:42:14 | |
custody in our prisons as they
struggle to get access to sanitary | 0:42:14 | 0:42:17 | |
products, a potential breach of
their human rights. Does she agree | 0:42:17 | 0:42:21 | |
it is essential that women in
custody have access to sanitary | 0:42:21 | 0:42:26 | |
products? I thank you for raising
this very important point. I | 0:42:26 | 0:42:30 | |
completely agree, it would be
outrageous if women did not receive | 0:42:30 | 0:42:34 | |
access to sanitary products when
they are held as detainees. I have | 0:42:34 | 0:42:38 | |
seen the report which the Home
Office commissioned and we will be | 0:42:38 | 0:42:42 | |
acting immediately to ensure that
where it is not on a statutory | 0:42:42 | 0:42:46 | |
footing, we will put it on a
statutory footing to ensure that it | 0:42:46 | 0:42:49 | |
doesn't take place like that in the
future. The Home Secretary will be | 0:42:49 | 0:42:55 | |
aware of the deep public concern
about the parole board decision to | 0:42:55 | 0:42:58 | |
release the serial sex offender and
rapist John Warboys after only eight | 0:42:58 | 0:43:02 | |
years. I'm sure we'll also be
shocked to learn that some of the | 0:43:02 | 0:43:07 | |
victims still have not been
contacted by either probation or | 0:43:07 | 0:43:10 | |
fixed in liaison. I realise the
issues around the parole board | 0:43:10 | 0:43:16 | |
decision are matters for the
Ministry of Justice but can she say | 0:43:16 | 0:43:18 | |
whether she's had any contact with
the police about whether they are | 0:43:18 | 0:43:23 | |
able to further pursue the case of
19 women who came forward after the | 0:43:23 | 0:43:29 | |
conviction took place to see whether
they can be prosecuted, to see | 0:43:29 | 0:43:33 | |
whether justice can be done and
women kept safe? I do share the | 0:43:33 | 0:43:39 | |
right honourable lady's views on
this matter and I'm sure she will | 0:43:39 | 0:43:41 | |
have seen the justice Minister's
comments about making sure there is | 0:43:41 | 0:43:46 | |
more transparency in the parole
board. I am aware of certain victims | 0:43:46 | 0:43:51 | |
who are talking about possible
judicial reviews and talking to the | 0:43:51 | 0:43:57 | |
police. I did think I can say any
more than that because it is subject | 0:43:57 | 0:44:01 | |
to potential legal proceedings.
Further to the answer the Home | 0:44:01 | 0:44:04 | |
Secretary gave to the member from
Sussex, there was... Lewes, I do | 0:44:04 | 0:44:17 | |
apologise. I just want to clarify
with the Home Secretary, we would | 0:44:17 | 0:44:23 | |
not think it acceptable to deny
somebody access to loo roll so why | 0:44:23 | 0:44:27 | |
is it acceptable to deny somebody
access to tampons? She say she is | 0:44:27 | 0:44:31 | |
committed to looking at statutory
footing, does that include amending | 0:44:31 | 0:44:35 | |
posed seat of the police and
criminal Act? -- Code C. We | 0:44:35 | 0:44:43 | |
commissioned this report. I can
respectfully say I do not need | 0:44:43 | 0:44:48 | |
reminding, I completely agree of
course women should have access to | 0:44:48 | 0:44:53 | |
sanitary products. Yes I will put it
on a statutory footing, if it is | 0:44:53 | 0:44:58 | |
confirmed that the current guidance
is inadequate which it looks likely | 0:44:58 | 0:45:01 | |
to. | 0:45:01 | 0:45:11 | |
The Shadow Home Secretary wanted to
comment on this question. Diane | 0:45:13 | 0:45:16 | |
Abbott. I'm grateful to you Mr
Speaker. Further to the Home | 0:45:16 | 0:45:21 | |
Secretary's response and the
question of the John Warboys case, | 0:45:21 | 0:45:26 | |
can be Home Secretary explain why
her department is still pursuing two | 0:45:26 | 0:45:33 | |
of John Warboys' victims all the way
to the Supreme Court in an apparent | 0:45:33 | 0:45:42 | |
effort to avoid paying compensation?
The Home Secretary will be aware | 0:45:42 | 0:45:46 | |
that these victims are women whose
cases the lower courts have already | 0:45:46 | 0:45:52 | |
found were not investigated
properly. How does pursuing them | 0:45:52 | 0:45:57 | |
through the courts assure the public
that the government is serious about | 0:45:57 | 0:46:01 | |
keeping women and girls safe? The
government is committed to keeping | 0:46:01 | 0:46:08 | |
women and girls safe, and I hope
that some of the points I have set | 0:46:08 | 0:46:11 | |
out today will reassure the House
that that is the case. I recognise | 0:46:11 | 0:46:15 | |
the point the right honourable lady
has raised, however I cannot comment | 0:46:15 | 0:46:20 | |
on it for the moment. This
government is committed to doing | 0:46:20 | 0:46:29 | |
everything we can to tackle domestic
abuse. We've introduced a new | 0:46:29 | 0:46:34 | |
offence of coercive and controlling
behaviour, we've introduced orders | 0:46:34 | 0:46:39 | |
such as domestic violence protection
orders and Claire's law. We put | 0:46:39 | 0:46:43 | |
domestic homicide reviews and a
statutory footing and committed £100 | 0:46:43 | 0:46:47 | |
billion to support victims of
violence against women and girls. We | 0:46:47 | 0:46:50 | |
look forward to introducing a draft
domestic abuse Bill. Can my | 0:46:50 | 0:46:56 | |
honourable friend tell me the fact
refuges and a specialist service | 0:46:56 | 0:46:59 | |
they provide tabs such valuable
services in protecting women from | 0:46:59 | 0:47:04 | |
returning to abusive situations, can
she tell us what commitment the | 0:47:04 | 0:47:09 | |
government has for refuge services,
particularly those that affect | 0:47:09 | 0:47:13 | |
people in Sutton and chain? He's
spoken many times on the issue of | 0:47:13 | 0:47:18 | |
domestic abuse, particularly the
help that Sutton women's Centre | 0:47:18 | 0:47:22 | |
provides to the victims. The
government has made available £40 | 0:47:22 | 0:47:27 | |
million in dedicated funding for
specialist accommodation and refuges | 0:47:27 | 0:47:30 | |
and bed spaces have increased 10%
since 2010. We are committed to | 0:47:30 | 0:47:36 | |
renewing funding for refuges and
making sure victims get the support | 0:47:36 | 0:47:40 | |
they need when they need it. We will
explore all models within the | 0:47:40 | 0:47:46 | |
sector. Home Secretary. Mr Speaker.
I'd like to update the House on | 0:47:46 | 0:47:55 | |
plans for the royal wedding in May.
The marriage of Prince Harry and | 0:47:55 | 0:47:58 | |
Meghan Markle is an occasion of
national celebration. That is why | 0:47:58 | 0:48:03 | |
yesterday I launched a public
consultation seeking views on a | 0:48:03 | 0:48:06 | |
repose or to relax the licensing
hours in England and Wales over the | 0:48:06 | 0:48:09 | |
weekend but the royal wedding takes
place. Extending licensing hours on | 0:48:09 | 0:48:14 | |
the nights of Friday the 18th and
Saturday the 19th of May until 1am | 0:48:14 | 0:48:19 | |
will enable licensed premises to
sell alcohol for consumption on site | 0:48:19 | 0:48:24 | |
to those who want to continue their
celebrations beyond the normal | 0:48:24 | 0:48:28 | |
licensing hours. Whether toasting of
the royal couple celebrating a | 0:48:28 | 0:48:32 | |
football triumph, everyone should
have the opportunity to make the | 0:48:32 | 0:48:35 | |
most of this weekend in May. I thank
my right honourable friend for that | 0:48:35 | 0:48:43 | |
answer. Following the police funding
settlement last year, would my right | 0:48:43 | 0:48:48 | |
honourable friend agreed that now is
the right time to work with and | 0:48:48 | 0:48:52 | |
alongside police forces in
Hertfordshire and across the | 0:48:52 | 0:48:54 | |
country, to keep improving and
reforming the service to ensure it | 0:48:54 | 0:48:59 | |
is that for the future? I thank him
for his question. We are able to | 0:48:59 | 0:49:05 | |
confirm there is up to £450 million
of new money going into support | 0:49:05 | 0:49:11 | |
police and another £50 million on
counterterrorism and policing. This | 0:49:11 | 0:49:13 | |
doesn't mean we want to slow down
the pace of reform. We still expect | 0:49:13 | 0:49:18 | |
and will work with the police to
ensure reforms take place to make | 0:49:18 | 0:49:22 | |
them more efficient, better servants
to the community, and that everyone | 0:49:22 | 0:49:25 | |
has an overall better service. Last
week Theodore Johnson, a serial | 0:49:25 | 0:49:34 | |
killer and repeated domestic
violence perpetrator, was sentenced | 0:49:34 | 0:49:37 | |
to 26 years for his crimes. Despite
the fact to women murdered weekly, | 0:49:37 | 0:49:44 | |
high risk perpetrators like Johnson
face very little intervention from | 0:49:44 | 0:49:47 | |
statutory services. With fewer than
1% perpetrators of domestic violence | 0:49:47 | 0:49:52 | |
receiving any form of intervention,
can the Minister provide reassurance | 0:49:52 | 0:49:56 | |
that the government will urgently
look at innovative programmes such | 0:49:56 | 0:49:59 | |
as cat code -- such as Drive?. We
offer our condolences to the | 0:49:59 | 0:50:14 | |
families of the women who he
murdered. This case shows how | 0:50:14 | 0:50:21 | |
manipulative the most violent
domestic abusers can be, and I join | 0:50:21 | 0:50:26 | |
her in ensuring that we treat
perpetrators, to try and stop the | 0:50:26 | 0:50:31 | |
cycle of violence. I had the
pleasure of speaking at an event | 0:50:31 | 0:50:35 | |
recently with her honourable friend
for Bristol at Respect. We must look | 0:50:35 | 0:50:45 | |
at perpetrators as well as
supporting victims. If everyone asks | 0:50:45 | 0:50:49 | |
a short one sentence question and
replies are correspondingly brief, | 0:50:49 | 0:50:53 | |
it's not magic, far more people will
be able to contribute, and then we | 0:50:53 | 0:50:58 | |
will spread the happiness across the
chamber. I do apologise for not | 0:50:58 | 0:51:06 | |
wishing you a very happy New Year
from the sunny shores of Clacton on | 0:51:06 | 0:51:10 | |
Sea. Does my right honourable friend
agree with me that sheer numbers of | 0:51:10 | 0:51:18 | |
police alone is not the whole answer
in tackling crime? In Clacton Essex | 0:51:18 | 0:51:25 | |
Police have established a successful
community safety hub with some 47 | 0:51:25 | 0:51:28 | |
partners. With the Minister please
come to sunny Clacton on Sea and see | 0:51:28 | 0:51:32 | |
how this has been working and see
some of the successes we've achieved | 0:51:32 | 0:51:36 | |
there? An invitation to visit
Clacton on Sea, of course the answer | 0:51:36 | 0:51:44 | |
is yes. Given the cuts in police
numbers and resources, how many | 0:51:44 | 0:51:52 | |
police forces will not be processing
certain types of crime? What I say | 0:51:52 | 0:52:03 | |
to the honourable gentleman, I know
he knows this, is that the proposed | 0:52:03 | 0:52:07 | |
funding settlement will not lead to
cuts. It will lead to increased | 0:52:07 | 0:52:13 | |
investment of £450 million which
will help police forces across the | 0:52:13 | 0:52:16 | |
country cope with the changing face
of crime. The Minister has already | 0:52:16 | 0:52:22 | |
spoken about online crime and my
constituent has been defrauded out | 0:52:22 | 0:52:26 | |
of a considerable sum when she was
given false bank account details | 0:52:26 | 0:52:32 | |
when her e-mail was hacked into. She
reported it on the same day and has | 0:52:32 | 0:52:36 | |
been unable to recover it. What is
the government able to do to reduce | 0:52:36 | 0:52:41 | |
crime of this nature? The payment
systems regulator is working with | 0:52:41 | 0:52:47 | |
the joint fraud task force and
National crime agency to invest in | 0:52:47 | 0:52:51 | |
new technology and work together to
improve the speed funds | 0:52:51 | 0:52:54 | |
repatriations. According to the Fire
Brigade's union, since 2010 Cheshire | 0:52:54 | 0:53:01 | |
Fire Service have lost over 170
firefighters. Instant response times | 0:53:01 | 0:53:09 | |
are up, and casualties are rising
year-on-year. Will the Minister now | 0:53:09 | 0:53:14 | |
except government cuts are having a
detrimental effect? Funding for Fire | 0:53:14 | 0:53:22 | |
Services has been held flat against
the backdrop of a decline in fire | 0:53:22 | 0:53:27 | |
incidents. At the same time the
system is sitting on hundreds of | 0:53:27 | 0:53:31 | |
millions of pounds of public money
in reserves. We believe the Fire | 0:53:31 | 0:53:39 | |
Services adequately resourced. Will
the Home Secretary confirm her | 0:53:39 | 0:53:41 | |
commitment to the right to peaceful
protest in this country? Given that | 0:53:41 | 0:53:49 | |
there have been no successful
prosecutions for harassment outside | 0:53:49 | 0:53:53 | |
abortion agencies in recent history,
it will she resist the campaign to | 0:53:53 | 0:53:57 | |
set up buffer zones and accept that
if peaceful protest is banned, they | 0:53:57 | 0:54:01 | |
will have to ban it outside for
instance animal laboratories? | 0:54:01 | 0:54:11 | |
The honourable gentleman and I have
already met to discuss this and it | 0:54:11 | 0:54:14 | |
was a pleasure to meet with him and
various colleagues about their | 0:54:14 | 0:54:18 | |
concerns about peaceful protests
being able to continue. I hope I was | 0:54:18 | 0:54:21 | |
able to reassure him that this
government plans to always ensure | 0:54:21 | 0:54:25 | |
that peaceful protests can continue.
It is also this government's | 0:54:25 | 0:54:31 | |
commitment to make sure that women
can access abortion, safe from | 0:54:31 | 0:54:34 | |
harassment and intimidation. One of
the missing links in packing | 0:54:34 | 0:54:39 | |
violence against women and girls has
been the failure to deal with | 0:54:39 | 0:54:43 | |
perpetrators. Whilst the minister
responded to my friend from the | 0:54:43 | 0:54:48 | |
front bench by being sympathetic,
what can we do to put research into | 0:54:48 | 0:54:53 | |
what makes a difference to make sure
that we empower our police forces | 0:54:53 | 0:54:57 | |
and other agencies to deal with the
perpetrator? There are many things | 0:54:57 | 0:55:00 | |
we can do. One is to have effective
inspections, which we already do. We | 0:55:00 | 0:55:05 | |
are bringing forward a domestic
abuse and violence Bill. I hope we | 0:55:05 | 0:55:10 | |
will get lots of contributions,
perhaps including from the | 0:55:10 | 0:55:13 | |
honourable gentleman, to make sure
we address how we can stop it at an | 0:55:13 | 0:55:17 | |
early stage and make sure the
perpetrators are dealt with. Does | 0:55:17 | 0:55:22 | |
the minister share my concern that
there were 59 known cases of drunk | 0:55:22 | 0:55:26 | |
driving unkempt roads in 2016? 16 of
these resulted in serious injury, | 0:55:26 | 0:55:32 | |
three in deaths -- driving on roads
in Kent. What action is the | 0:55:32 | 0:55:37 | |
government taking to address this? I
thank my honourable friend for | 0:55:37 | 0:55:41 | |
rating this. We have developed
mobile drunk driving enforcement | 0:55:41 | 0:55:45 | |
devices to help police identify
suspected drunk drivers at the | 0:55:45 | 0:55:49 | |
roadside. This helps to enforce the
new drunk driving offence introduced | 0:55:49 | 0:55:54 | |
in 2016 medicolegal to drive with a
garden in the body of a certain | 0:55:54 | 0:56:01 | |
limits. -- it made it illegal to
drive with a drug in the body. As | 0:56:01 | 0:56:10 | |
the Immigration Minister has done a
runner, can ask the Home Secretary | 0:56:10 | 0:56:13 | |
what she will do to cheer up his
lamentable record? In particular, | 0:56:13 | 0:56:18 | |
does she think six months is an
acceptable benchmark for resolving | 0:56:18 | 0:56:21 | |
immigration cases, with the
department evading even that target | 0:56:21 | 0:56:28 | |
with spurious excuses about cases
being complex? The minister should | 0:56:28 | 0:56:37 | |
not be characterised in that way.
Nor do I share the honourable | 0:56:37 | 0:56:41 | |
gentleman's characterisation of that
department. If he has particular | 0:56:41 | 0:56:46 | |
concerns, I would urge him to bring
them to us. Otherwise, the vast | 0:56:46 | 0:56:50 | |
majority of our cases are dealt with
within the statutory guidance. Will | 0:56:50 | 0:56:57 | |
the Secretary of State or minister
for policing meet me to discuss what | 0:56:57 | 0:57:01 | |
more they be done to provide
protection for police dogs and | 0:57:01 | 0:57:05 | |
police horses? She will be aware of
the concerns which arise from the | 0:57:05 | 0:57:09 | |
experience of my constituent, PC
Dave Waddell, and his police dog | 0:57:09 | 0:57:14 | |
Finn, who lives in my constituency.
I congratulate my finger on his ten | 0:57:14 | 0:57:21 | |
minute rule Bill. -- I congratulate
my friend Raqqa. Defra have | 0:57:21 | 0:57:29 | |
published a draft animal welfare
Bill penalties for animal cruelty | 0:57:29 | 0:57:33 | |
including attacks on service
animals. Of course I would be | 0:57:33 | 0:57:37 | |
delighted to meet him. The cuts in
police services do not just mean | 0:57:37 | 0:57:41 | |
fewer pumps, it also falls on the
crews of those pumps. Some brigades | 0:57:41 | 0:57:46 | |
are now sending crews out instead of
five, there are cut to four, | 0:57:46 | 0:57:51 | |
sometimes three or even two. Isn't
this dangerous and unsustainable? He | 0:57:51 | 0:57:56 | |
said police, but I think he meant
fire, in which case I refer to my | 0:57:56 | 0:58:01 | |
earlier example. Funding to Fire
Services has been kept flat against | 0:58:01 | 0:58:08 | |
a background of falling fire
incidents. We feel Fire Services are | 0:58:08 | 0:58:12 | |
adequately resourced. How those
resources are allocated is down to | 0:58:12 | 0:58:16 | |
local authorities. Prior to
Christmas, I met some Syrian | 0:58:16 | 0:58:20 | |
refugees who now call East
Renfrewshire home. One of them is | 0:58:20 | 0:58:23 | |
looking to be reunited with his
family who remain in Lebanon. Whilst | 0:58:23 | 0:58:26 | |
I appreciate that the Home Office
can only consider applications which | 0:58:26 | 0:58:30 | |
come directly from the UNHCR, can
the Home Secretary explain how our | 0:58:30 | 0:58:34 | |
department worked with them to
facilitate the resettlement schemes | 0:58:34 | 0:58:36 | |
so that families don't get stuck in
an administrative logjam? The | 0:58:36 | 0:58:42 | |
honourable gentleman has been a
constant representative for his | 0:58:42 | 0:58:47 | |
constituents on this issue. We rely
on UNHCR to identify and process | 0:58:47 | 0:58:53 | |
vulnerable refugees, as they are
uniquely placed to determine refugee | 0:58:53 | 0:58:57 | |
status and assess vulnerabilities,
needs and suitability for | 0:58:57 | 0:59:00 | |
resettlement. If UNHCR decide
resettlement is the best solution, | 0:59:00 | 0:59:05 | |
they will consider which
resettlement scheme best suits their | 0:59:05 | 0:59:08 | |
needs, which may be a UK scheme.
Crime is rising sharply in the West | 0:59:08 | 0:59:14 | |
Midlands, yet police numbers are
falling. 2000 gone and more to go at | 0:59:14 | 0:59:18 | |
the next stage. How can it be right
or fair that Hampshire, with nowhere | 0:59:18 | 0:59:26 | |
near the same challenges, gets
treated more favourably than the | 0:59:26 | 0:59:28 | |
West Midlands? I don't recognise
that the depiction. West Midlands | 0:59:28 | 0:59:36 | |
Police are set to get an additional
£9.5 million. They can keep | 0:59:36 | 0:59:44 | |
increases in council tax. And this
is a force that has increased its | 0:59:44 | 0:59:48 | |
reserves by £26.9 million since
2011. The government has a clear | 0:59:48 | 0:59:55 | |
strategy to tackle violence against
women and girls. Does my right | 0:59:55 | 0:59:57 | |
honourable friend share my concern
about the use of nondisclosure | 0:59:57 | 1:00:04 | |
agreements to hide violence against
women in the workplace? I thank my | 1:00:04 | 1:00:09 | |
honourable friend for that. I know
she is a huge champion for women and | 1:00:09 | 1:00:15 | |
it is something she may be able to
assist us with when we go ahead with | 1:00:15 | 1:00:20 | |
our consultation for the new
domestic violence and abuse Bill. In | 1:00:20 | 1:00:25 | |
the last two years alone, we have
lost over 160 police officers in my | 1:00:25 | 1:00:29 | |
area, yet we are seeing rising
levels of anti-social behaviour. | 1:00:29 | 1:00:33 | |
Rather than passing the buck to
police and crime commission is, why | 1:00:33 | 1:00:37 | |
won't the Home Secretary give
Northumbria Police the funding to | 1:00:37 | 1:00:41 | |
tackle this blight on our community?
It's not a question of passing the | 1:00:41 | 1:00:45 | |
buck. We have a devolved system
whereby police and crime | 1:00:45 | 1:00:48 | |
commissioners are accountable to the
public they serve for the | 1:00:48 | 1:00:51 | |
performance of the police. In
relation to Northumbria Police, I am | 1:00:51 | 1:00:55 | |
sure she will welcome the fact that
that force is due to get another | 1:00:55 | 1:00:59 | |
£5.1 million next year. The Home
Secretary tell the house but we are | 1:00:59 | 1:01:06 | |
doing to support schools to identify
websites accessing the top web by | 1:01:06 | 1:01:13 | |
some of our most vulnerable children
who are accessing Isis beheading | 1:01:13 | 1:01:18 | |
footage and other disturbing imagery
fuelled by extremists to get | 1:01:18 | 1:01:21 | |
recruits? The honourable lady is
right to raise concerns about online | 1:01:21 | 1:01:24 | |
. That is why the Home Office works
on campaigns like cyber aware, | 1:01:24 | 1:01:31 | |
bringing into the classroom good
computer hygiene and caution for | 1:01:31 | 1:01:33 | |
children to make sure they are not
exploited online. That is why the | 1:01:33 | 1:01:37 | |
government invested in the Prevent
programme to make sure people doing | 1:01:37 | 1:01:41 | |
it are brought to justice and the
online space is not dangerous. In | 1:01:41 | 1:01:47 | |
Staffordshire, 106 councils
unanimously opposed the commission's | 1:01:47 | 1:01:54 | |
proposal to take over the Fire
Service. He is progressing with that | 1:01:54 | 1:01:57 | |
despite there being no public
support. Why are the opinions of one | 1:01:57 | 1:02:02 | |
commissioner with more than 106
councillors. I think he misrepresent | 1:02:02 | 1:02:09 | |
the situation entirely. The
obligation on the police and crime | 1:02:09 | 1:02:11 | |
commissioners is that there is a
business case and to ensure that he | 1:02:11 | 1:02:17 | |
consults with the local community.
Despite the rhetoric that we heard | 1:02:17 | 1:02:24 | |
earlier, would my right honourable
friend agree with me that what the | 1:02:24 | 1:02:27 | |
majority of people want to see in
this country is an immigration | 1:02:27 | 1:02:31 | |
system that delivers both fairness
and control and that is underpinned | 1:02:31 | 1:02:34 | |
by common-sense? Was she deliver
just that? I thank my honourable | 1:02:34 | 1:02:39 | |
friend for that. That is exactly
what we want, fair and controlled | 1:02:39 | 1:02:43 | |
immigration which is good for this
country, but also gives the public | 1:02:43 | 1:02:48 | |
confidence that we are protecting
our borders and Iraqi about the | 1:02:48 | 1:02:51 | |
numbers we are targeting. Why does
the government's domestic violence | 1:02:51 | 1:02:56 | |
strategy not include fully funding
refuges so that no woman fleeing | 1:02:56 | 1:03:01 | |
domestic violence is denied access
to vital support? We are committed | 1:03:01 | 1:03:08 | |
to ensuring that there are fully
funded refuges. There are 10% more | 1:03:08 | 1:03:15 | |
beds available to women now than
there were in 2010. The honourable | 1:03:15 | 1:03:20 | |
lady may be aware that there is a
review going on with DC LGI at the | 1:03:20 | 1:03:24 | |
moment to make sure we have the best
outcomes for supported housing. I | 1:03:24 | 1:03:27 | |
will ensure that we engage with them
to ensure that we continue to | 1:03:27 | 1:03:31 | |
maintain high levels of availability
of beds for women fleeing violence. | 1:03:31 | 1:03:39 | |
In 2009, John Warboys was found to
be a dangerous, predatory sex | 1:03:39 | 1:03:43 | |
offender and rightly so. It's a
feature of those sorts of offenders | 1:03:43 | 1:03:48 | |
that they are also clever and
coming. What assurances can the Home | 1:03:48 | 1:03:53 | |
Secretary give us that upon his
release if he has to be released, | 1:03:53 | 1:03:57 | |
may I say, women will be safe?
Making women safe and ensuring that | 1:03:57 | 1:04:05 | |
we have the legislation in place for
that is a priority for me and this | 1:04:05 | 1:04:10 | |
government. She has raised a
particular case which has been under | 1:04:10 | 1:04:14 | |
discussion in this chamber through
these questions. She may be aware | 1:04:14 | 1:04:19 | |
that there is going to be a review
of some of the procedures and | 1:04:19 | 1:04:23 | |
element of the parole board and the
transparency required. The Prime | 1:04:23 | 1:04:27 | |
Minister has said she wants this
looked at. Control operators in | 1:04:27 | 1:04:33 | |
north Yorkshire Fire and Rescue
Service are working under such | 1:04:33 | 1:04:35 | |
pressure that sometimes just
trainees are on duty. Will the | 1:04:35 | 1:04:40 | |
minister look at this with me and
meets me to assess the risk of our | 1:04:40 | 1:04:45 | |
Fire and Rescue Service? I am | 1:04:45 | 1:04:46 |