My hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing and Crime (Sarah Jones) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

Recent attacks on our Jewish communities are completely unacceptable. An attack on our Jewish community is an attack on us all, and we must take the safety of our Jewish...

My hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing and Crime (Sarah Jones) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

Recent attacks on our Jewish communities are completely unacceptable. An attack on our Jewish community is an attack on us all, and we must take the safety of our Jewish...

I am pleased to inform the House that the Home Office is today publishing Jonathan Fisher KC’s second and final report from the Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences, Fraud in the Digital Age. The report examines the effectiveness of the current fraud framework and the barriers that inhibit...

I am pleased to inform the House that the Home Office is today publishing Jonathan Fisher KC’s second and final report from the Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences, Fraud in the Digital Age. The report examines the effectiveness of the current fraud framework and the barriers that inhibit...

The Telecoms Fraud Charter was signed on 5 November 2025 by the 6 major UK mobile networks and 13 business-to-business telecoms companies.

This statement provides a six‑month progress update on delivery of the Telecoms Fraud Charter, launched to strengthen the telecoms sector’s role in preventing fraud, protecting consumers and businesses, and...

The Telecoms Fraud Charter was signed on 5 November 2025 by the 6 major UK mobile networks and 13 business-to-business telecoms companies.

This statement provides a six‑month progress update on delivery of the Telecoms Fraud Charter, launched to strengthen the telecoms sector’s role in preventing fraud, protecting consumers and businesses, and...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of violence against retail workers; and what action they are taking to address any increase.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of violence against retail workers; and what action they are taking to address any increase.

Lords statement on the Government's plan to halve knife crime in a decade.

Lords statement on the Government's plan to halve knife crime in a decade.

I am grateful for the broad support from the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, for the Government’s approach. This was a manifesto commitment to ensure that we tackle knife crime and halve it in the period of the action plan that we have brought forward today.

I just want to say to...

I am grateful for the broad support from the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, for the Government’s approach. This was a manifesto commitment to ensure that we tackle knife crime and halve it in the period of the action plan that we have brought forward today.

I just want to say to...

I gave that figure to the House because it is accurate and it shows the value of stop and search as a policing exercise for prevention. I do not have to hand the figures on age distribution but I can probably find those for my noble friend. If I can,...

I gave that figure to the House because it is accurate and it shows the value of stop and search as a policing exercise for prevention. I do not have to hand the figures on age distribution but I can probably find those for my noble friend. If I can,...

I am grateful for the noble Lord’s broad support for the action plan. It is an ambitious target to halve knife crime within a decade, but it is one that we think is worth achieving. As I said in what I outlined to the House, there are measures about legislation,...

I am grateful for the noble Lord’s broad support for the action plan. It is an ambitious target to halve knife crime within a decade, but it is one that we think is worth achieving. As I said in what I outlined to the House, there are measures about legislation,...

I agree with the noble Baroness on that. As I said, as part of my general contribution, some of the work that the MoJ is doing and is for individuals who are on that cusp and who might well be getting involved in a gang and carrying a knife. There...

I agree with the noble Baroness on that. As I said, as part of my general contribution, some of the work that the MoJ is doing and is for individuals who are on that cusp and who might well be getting involved in a gang and carrying a knife. There...

The ambition of the Government through the Department for Education is to look at improving attendance at schools across the board. I have sat on a couple of Cabinet committees where that work has been shown to prove successful. That is a cross-government initiative to get children

and young people...

The ambition of the Government through the Department for Education is to look at improving attendance at schools across the board. I have sat on a couple of Cabinet committees where that work has been shown to prove successful. That is a cross-government initiative to get children

and young people...

That is an extremely valuable point. In the Crime and Policing Bill, which is before the House now but requires Royal Assent, which I hope will be completed in the next couple of weeks, we are putting measures in place requiring online sellers of knives to include age verification controls,...

That is an extremely valuable point. In the Crime and Policing Bill, which is before the House now but requires Royal Assent, which I hope will be completed in the next couple of weeks, we are putting measures in place requiring online sellers of knives to include age verification controls,...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to ensure that mobile phones can be blocked or made unsaleable after being stolen.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to ensure that mobile phones can be blocked or made unsaleable after being stolen.

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower. I declare an interest as a member of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers for 55 years. In the interests of time, I should say that assaulting a retail worker is an offence in the Bill. Shop...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Gower. I declare an interest as a member of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers for 55 years. In the interests of time, I should say that assaulting a retail worker is an offence in the Bill. Shop...

Moved by

Lord Hanson of Flint

442: Clause 214, page 259, line 23, at end insert—

“(za) section (Remote sale of knives etc: Northern Ireland);”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment gives the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland power to make regulations containing amendments consequential on my new clause, (Remote sale of knives etc: Northern...

Moved by

Lord Hanson of Flint

442: Clause 214, page 259, line 23, at end insert—

“(za) section (Remote sale of knives etc: Northern Ireland);”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment gives the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland power to make regulations containing amendments consequential on my new clause, (Remote sale of knives etc: Northern...

Moved by

Lord Hanson of Flint

444A: Clause 215, page 260, line 14, after “149(7)” insert “, (Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders), (Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders: power to amend Schedule (Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders: child cruelty offences)),”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment provides for regulations under the specified provisions...

Moved by

Lord Hanson of Flint

444A: Clause 215, page 260, line 14, after “149(7)” insert “, (Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders), (Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders: power to amend Schedule (Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders: child cruelty offences)),”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment provides for regulations under the specified provisions...

Moved by

Lord Hanson of Flint

447: Clause 217, page 261, line 30, at end insert—

“(fa) section 65(3);”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment gives the specified provision (which amends Schedule 3 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003) UK extent.

448: Clause 217, page 261, line 31, at end insert—

“(ga) section (Sexual offences against children under...

Moved by

Lord Hanson of Flint

447: Clause 217, page 261, line 30, at end insert—

“(fa) section 65(3);”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment gives the specified provision (which amends Schedule 3 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003) UK extent.

448: Clause 217, page 261, line 31, at end insert—

“(ga) section (Sexual offences against children under...

Moved by

Lord Hanson of Flint

467AA: Clause 218, page 263, line 28, at end insert—

“(ba) sections (Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders), (Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders: enforcement), (Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders: power to amend Schedule (Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders: child cruelty offences)) and (Notification requirements...

Moved by

Lord Hanson of Flint

467AA: Clause 218, page 263, line 28, at end insert—

“(ba) sections (Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders), (Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders: enforcement), (Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders: power to amend Schedule (Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders: child cruelty offences)) and (Notification requirements...

Moved by

Lord Hanson of Flint

468: Clause 218, page 263, line 38, at end insert—

“(ea) section (Return to unauthorised encampments: prohibited period);”

Member's explanatory statement

This amendment makes my new clause inserted after clause 142 commence 2 months after Royal Assent.

Moved by

Lord Hanson of Flint

468: Clause 218, page 263, line 38, at end insert—

“(ea) section (Return to unauthorised encampments: prohibited period);”

Member's explanatory statement

This amendment makes my new clause inserted after clause 142 commence 2 months after Royal Assent.

Moved by

Lord Hanson of Flint

469: Clause 218, page 264, line 11, after “Sections” insert “32,”

Member's explanatory statement

This amendment provides for the specified provision to be commenced by the Scottish Ministers so far as extending to Scotland, and the Department of Justice so far as extending to Northern Ireland.

470: Clause 218,...

Moved by

Lord Hanson of Flint

469: Clause 218, page 264, line 11, after “Sections” insert “32,”

Member's explanatory statement

This amendment provides for the specified provision to be commenced by the Scottish Ministers so far as extending to Scotland, and the Department of Justice so far as extending to Northern Ireland.

470: Clause 218,...

I am tempted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, by saying that I hope to keep the clause in and I have signed a compatibility with the Human Rights Act agreement, but I suspect that the noble Lord, Lord Carter of Haslemere, will want me to say something more...

I am tempted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, by saying that I hope to keep the clause in and I have signed a compatibility with the Human Rights Act agreement, but I suspect that the noble Lord, Lord Carter of Haslemere, will want me to say something more...