Backbench debate on Thursday, 3 March 2016, in the House of Commons, led by Chuka Umunna. The answering members were Baroness Brown of Silvertown and Karen Bradley.

Gangs and Serious Youth Violence

Unallotted backbench debate (part one). Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 606 cc1127-1163
Session: 2015-16
Department: Home Office
Procedure: Digital debates
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Gangs and Serious Youth Violence
Thursday, 18 February 2016
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Proceeding contributions: Chuka Umunna | 606 cc1127-8 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move,
That this House calls on the Government to establish an independent, all-par...; Catherine West | 606 c1128 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. I am so pleased we have been gra...; Chuka Umunna | 606 c1128 (Link to this contribution)
I entirely agree. When I was a trustee of a youth charity in Brixton called the 409 Project, I wr...; Marcus Fysh | 606 c1128 (Link to this contribution)
In my constituency I have recently seen the impact of large-city drug crime moving into the regio...; Chuka Umunna | 606 c1129 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, which highlights the suite of issues, i...; Paul Flynn | 606 c1129 (Link to this contribution)
I regret interrupting the fine speech that is being made. Is my hon. Friend familiar with the wor...; Chuka Umunna | 606 cc1129-1130 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for referring to Harriet Sergeant’s work. Hopefully, those using ...; Bob Stewart | 606 c1130 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for making a very good speech. Is not fear the real reason why people ...; Chuka Umunna | 606 cc1130-1 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman makes a very important intervention. I agree with him: fear is definitely a ma...; Matthew Pennycook | 606 c1131 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend acknowledge that this is about not just young people providing for their fami...; Chuka Umunna | 606 cc1131-3 (Link to this contribution)
There are so many big elephants in this room of issues, but one is poverty and deprivation. We ca...; Karen Buck | 606 c1133 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making a very important point. Does he agree that the Evening Standard should b...; Chuka Umunna | 606 cc1133-4 (Link to this contribution)
I completely agree with my hon. Friend. The Evening Standard has done excellent work in its “Fron...; Will Quince | 606 c1134 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the hon. Member for Streatham (Mr Umunna) on securing a debate on this most import...; Bob Stewart | 606 c1134 (Link to this contribution)
I believe that some people carry such weapons because they feel that doing so gives them status.<...; Will Quince | 606 cc1134-5 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes a valid point, and he is absolutely right. There are many reasons why young ...; Vicky Foxcroft | 606 c1135 (Link to this contribution)
Does the hon. Gentleman agree that in relation to reported crime, particularly among young people...; Will Quince | 606 cc1135-7 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady makes a good point. Lots of crimes up and down this country go unrecorded for all s...; David Lammy | 606 c1137 (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to participate in this impor...; Baroness Brown of Silvertown | 606 c1137 (Link to this contribution)
Yes.; David Lammy | 606 c1137 (Link to this contribution)
I notice that the Front-Bench Opposition spokesman is absolutely aware of that. She is ever so sl...; Helen Hayes | 606 c1137 (Link to this contribution)
Does my right hon. Friend agree that the serious violence against women and very young girls asso...; David Lammy | 606 c1138 (Link to this contribution)
I am so pleased that my hon. Friend raises that issue, because that is the other factor that is n...; Matthew Pennycook | 606 c1138 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend rightly raises what happens when the police target older members of criminal...; David Lammy | 606 cc1138-9 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is completely right. What is unfortunately being said about the moral compass of t...; Chuka Umunna | 606 c1139 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way during his powerful speech. The issue is not...; David Lammy | 606 cc1139-1141 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely; there is a deeply disturbing pattern in the sexualisation of these women, and they ar...; 606 c1141 (Link to this contribution); Natascha Engel | 606 c1141 (Link to this contribution)
Order. Before I call the next speaker, may I say that we want to start the wind-ups at about half...; Karen Buck | 606 cc1141-2 (Link to this contribution)
I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Mr Umunna) on introducing this...; Dawn Butler | 606 c1142 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. In my constituency, the youngest gang member is eight year...; Karen Buck | 606 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right. We know the parents of those children who are injured or tragically murd...; Angela Rayner | 606 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making a powerful point. My constituency is in mourning this week because, on M...; Karen Buck | 606 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. I do not want to go into the causes because they have bee...; Keith Vaz | 606 c1143 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend will know, as a former member of the Home Affairs Committee, that the Committee co...; Karen Buck | 606 cc1143-4 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend is right. As we have heard, there are changes in the way in which gang and s...; Chuka Umunna | 606 c1144 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making a very important point. So many activities that are provided for young p...; Karen Buck | 606 c1144 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right. We are in a dangerous situation as the pressure on youth services bites,...; Dawn Butler | 606 c1144 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making a powerful point. As a former Minister for young citizens and youth enga...; Karen Buck | 606 cc1144-5 (Link to this contribution)
I agree. However, it is not just youth services, there is also pressure on child and adolescent m...; Matthew Pennycook | 606 c1145 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making a powerful case. There have been 35 gang-flagged incidents in Greenwich ...; Karen Buck | 606 c1145 (Link to this contribution)
I totally agree. We understand a great deal about what is going on, even with a changing dynamic,...; Ann Coffey | 606 cc1145-8 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Mr Umunna) for securing this important debate an...; Vicky Foxcroft | 606 cc1146-9 (Link to this contribution)
As a new MP, nothing can prepare you for receiving the call from the police telling you that a te...; David Lammy | 606 c1149 (Link to this contribution)
On the point about what is a gang, is my hon. Friend surprised that in the Government’s document ...; Vicky Foxcroft | 606 c1149 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with everything my right hon. Friend says. As he said in his speech, the document is so b...; Bob Stewart | 606 c1149 (Link to this contribution)
Further to the point made my friend, the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy), as I underst...; Vicky Foxcroft | 606 c1149 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman makes a good point, but we tag people in certain ways too. We define groups of...; Dawn Butler | 606 c1150 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. I belonged to a gang when I was younger. We had a uni...; Vicky Foxcroft | 606 cc1150-1 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes an extremely good and strong point. We need to talk about violence in our so...; Angela Crawley | 606 c1151 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Member for Streatham (Mr Umunna) for securing a debate on such an important subj...; Natalie McGarry | 606 c1151 (Link to this contribution)
The east end of Glasgow was once almost a byword for gang violence. Significant work, education a...; Angela Crawley | 606 c1151 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for her point. I was intending to come on to Glasgow East later, but the p...; Bob Stewart | 606 c1151 (Link to this contribution)
What was actually done to reduce the violence there? What happened on the streets to reduce it?; Angela Crawley | 606 cc1151-2 (Link to this contribution)
There are a number of projects, but this particular one focused on bringing the young people in, ...; Baroness Brown of Silvertown | 606 cc1152-4 (Link to this contribution)
Let me make it clear that I was not around for the mods and rockers, but heard about them from my...; Dawn Butler | 606 c1154 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. In the context of prevention, may I thank the Reveren...; Baroness Brown of Silvertown | 606 cc1154-5 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely. People of that kind, with commitment of that kind and programmes of that kind, requir...; Karen Bradley | 606 c1155 (Link to this contribution)
Goodness me! I do not think that the shadow Minister has ever been quite so nice to me across the...; Melanie Onn | 606 c1155 (Link to this contribution)
I am not sure whether this tallies with what the Minister has just said, but the Government annou...; Karen Bradley | 606 c1156 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady makes some important points. The original programme’s work, which included the peer...; 606 c1156 (Link to this contribution); Karen Bradley | 606 c1156 (Link to this contribution)
I will give way first to the hon. Member for Westminster North (Ms Buck), who is my Member of Par...; Karen Buck | 606 c1156 (Link to this contribution)
I am happy to oblige with any casework.
The Minister mentions the partnerships that are bei...; Karen Bradley | 606 c1156 (Link to this contribution)
It is for local areas to determine what works best for them, but the Home Office can help them wi...; Chuka Umunna | 606 c1156 (Link to this contribution)
It is good to see the Minister responding on behalf of the Government. May I make two points?
...; Karen Bradley | 606 c1156 (Link to this contribution)
I want to assure the hon. Gentleman that that is not the case. I spoke at an event earlier this w...; Simon Burns | 606 c1157 (Link to this contribution)
On the important point about liaison with local police forces and local authorities, may I thank ...; Karen Bradley | 606 c1157 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. I know that he wanted to take part in this de...; Baroness Brown of Silvertown | 606 c1157 (Link to this contribution)
Seeing as I have been so nice to the Minister today, I would be very grateful if she would extend...; Karen Bradley | 606 c1157 (Link to this contribution)
I would be delighted to meet the hon. Lady and—I am probably going to regret this; my officials w...; Vicky Foxcroft | 606 c1157 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for agreeing with me, but part of the problem is about having the funding to...; Karen Bradley | 606 c1157 (Link to this contribution)
I will come on to funding shortly. I am trying to be non-party political, but I might have to mak...; David Lammy | 606 c1157 (Link to this contribution)
If we have had the peer review stage and we know what works, will the Minister tell us more about...; Karen Bradley | 606 cc1157-8 (Link to this contribution)
I will address that point briefly, but I must make some progress because I am conscious that this...; Dawn Butler | 606 c1158 (Link to this contribution)
I am not sure that I entirely understand the Minister’s response, because there are plenty of opp...; Karen Bradley | 606 cc1158-1161 (Link to this contribution)
I agree that there are many opportunities for intervention. My frustration is that those opportun...; Chuka Umunna | 606 c1160 (Link to this contribution)
With the leave of the House, Madam Deputy Speaker, I shall speak for a couple of minutes to refle...; Nia Griffith | 606 c1160 (Link to this contribution)
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am amazed to see that the Secretary of State for Wal...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 606 c1162 (Link to this contribution)
As the hon. Lady knows well, Mr Speaker, or the occupant of the Chair, has no authority to requir...; Wayne David | 606 c1162 (Link to this contribution)
Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am concerned about not only the Secretary...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 606 c1162 (Link to this contribution)
The Chair definitely has no responsibility whatsoever for receptions held outside this House.
...; Alun Cairns | 606 c1162 (Link to this contribution)
Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I can advise the House that the Secretary o...; 606 c1162 (Link to this contribution); Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 606 c1162 (Link to this contribution)
Order. We will have no further discussion of this matter, as it is not my responsibility to expla...; Ian Lucas | 606 c1162 (Link to this contribution)
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 606 c1162 (Link to this contribution)
Is it a different point of order?; Ian Lucas | 606 c1162 (Link to this contribution)
It specifically concerns a communication from the Wales Office. On Monday, when the Secretary of ...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 606 c1163 (Link to this contribution)
Order. That is the same point of order. If the Secretary of State decides that the Minister shoul...
Subjects: Disclosure of information Crime prevention Crimes of violence Drugs Knives Police Misuse Young people Young offenders Gangs
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