Ministerial statement on Thursday, 19 July 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Smith of Malvern.

Crime Reduction

Statement on crime reduction.

Secondary information

Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 463 c463-75
Session: 2006-07
Department: Home Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c467 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend that very good work goes on in our crime reduction partnerships and I kn...; Nick Clegg | 463 c467-8 (Link to this contribution) I am obviously grateful to the Home Secretary for advance sight of the statement. She was quick in i...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c466-7 (Link to this contribution) Well, I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his welcome for quite a few elements of my statement. He ...; Michael Jabez Foster | 463 c467 (Link to this contribution) May I applaud my right hon. Friend for the importance that she places on local crime reduction partn...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c469 (Link to this contribution) I strongly agree with my hon. Friend about the good work that happens in the West Mercia police area...; Elfyn Llwyd | 463 c469 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the right hon. Lady is sincere in her expectation that crime will fall in the coming ...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c468-9 (Link to this contribution) I think that I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. I was not quite clear about his first poin...; David Wright | 463 c469 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the fall in crime in West Mercia. That is a tribute to the hard work of the police force i...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c469-70 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure why the hon. Gentleman thinks that we are going to lose PCSOs. There are now 16,000 of...; Ann Coffey | 463 c470 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. I entirely agree that the publication of local monthly c...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c463-5 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the Government’s new crime ...; David Davis | 463 c465-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Home Secretary for early sight of her statement. For 10 years, the Government have been...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c471-2 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is wrong; we do not recognise that figure. In fact, as I have already point...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c472 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to praise the work of Staffordshire police. We believe that neighbourhood po...; Charlotte Atkins | 463 c472 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and the continuing excellent work of Staffordshire police...; Julian Lewis | 463 c473 (Link to this contribution) I welcome what the Home Secretary has said about doubling the maximum sentence from two to four year...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c473 (Link to this contribution) First, let me be completely clear that people who are dangerous are not released. The hon. Gentleman...; David Howarth | 463 c473 (Link to this contribution) It is striking that the Home Secretary has not yet mentioned the point trailed in the media this mor...; John Baron | 463 c472 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary will not be surprised to learn that my constituents are fed up with rising violen...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c472 (Link to this contribution) As I think I have already pointed out, we publish both sets of information, although we need to make...; Lynda Waltho | 463 c472 (Link to this contribution) With my right hon. Friend’s local knowledge of my constituency, she will know that many of my consti...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c472-3 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right: I do know her constituency, and the Merry Hill shopping centre. People who ...; Philip Hollobone | 463 c470 (Link to this contribution) May I invite the Home Secretary to a night out in Kettering? We could spend the night together with ...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c470 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point, and identifies what I described in my statement as the whol...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c471 (Link to this contribution) I join my hon. Friend in praising the Broadgreen neighbourhood policing team. The work to damp down,...; Lord Redwood | 463 c471 (Link to this contribution) The current clear-up rate is three crimes in 100. What would be a satisfactory clear-up rate?; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c471 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right about the British crime survey. We have today published not only the sta...; Anne Snelgrove | 463 c471 (Link to this contribution) I welcome in particular my right hon. Friend’s comments about building safer schools partnerships an...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c470-1 (Link to this contribution) I join my hon. Friend in praising the improvements of Northants police. She raises an important poin...; Mark Pritchard | 463 c471 (Link to this contribution) Given that the British crime survey does not include crimes against those under 16, those who own co...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c470 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend—sorry, I mean the hon. Gentleman; we are not friends yet, although we might be after ...; Sally Keeble | 463 c470 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, and Northamptonshire police’s improved performance, whic...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c475 (Link to this contribution) As a result of our investment in rehabilitation, we have already seen four times as many offenders b...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c474 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend, too, has an important record on these matters. He is right; violence in any form is ...; Peter Bone | 463 c474 (Link to this contribution) If it is not inconvenient, would the Home Secretary stop in Wellingborough on her way to her date wi...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c473 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that the hon. Gentleman is not taking an overly party political approach to this serious i...; Chris Bryant | 463 c473-4 (Link to this contribution) This next week sees the 40th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act 1967, which was introduced by a ...; Graham Allen | 463 c474 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the Home Secretary’s statement, especially its emphasis on early intervention and t...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c474 (Link to this contribution) What a day it is going to be! [Hon. Members: ““And what a night!””] Indeed. However, I must bring my...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c474 (Link to this contribution) rose—; John Bercow | 463 c475 (Link to this contribution) May I therefore appeal to the Home Secretary to display real statesmanship? Given that more than 60 ...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 463 c474-5 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree with my hon. Friend and I commend him for the important work that he is doing in ...; Lord Coaker | 463 c474 (Link to this contribution) A tempting offer.
Subjects: Crime prevention Crime Crimes of violence Burglary Domestic abuse Police Statistics
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk

Crime Reduction

Secondary information

Librarians' tools