Ministerial statement on Thursday, 11 August 2011, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton. The answering member was Ed Miliband.

Public Disorder

Statement on public disorder.

Secondary information

Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 531 c1051-105
Session: 2010-12
Department: Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Civil Disorder
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Written questions
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1066 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can give my hon. Friend that assurance, and I thank her for the briefing that she gave me on ...; Baroness Bray of Coln | 531 c1066 (Link to this contribution) Ealing town centre was badly smashed up on Monday night. A man is critically ill in hospital, having...; Stella Creasy | 531 c1066 (Link to this contribution) May I invite the Prime Minister to join me and the people of Walthamstow in putting on record our gr...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1065 (Link to this contribution) On the right hon. Gentleman's first point, of course there will be a proper review of the right bala...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1065 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the hon. Lady for speaking on behalf of Liverpool, which also suffered from the vio...; Louise Ellman | 531 c1065 (Link to this contribution) The people of Liverpool are united in their absolute condemnation of the criminal acts that wreaked ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1065-6 (Link to this contribution) I think the police have the clearest possible message that we want them to be a police force. We wan...; Andrew Rosindell | 531 c1065 (Link to this contribution) I know that the Prime Minister will agree that we in Britain still have the best police force in the...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1066 (Link to this contribution) We are not proposing to make chief constables stand for election; what we are proposing is to have p...; David Miliband | 531 c1066 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister will be as pleased as I am that there has been no rioting or looting in South Shi...; Edward Leigh | 531 c1068 (Link to this contribution) Is it any wonder that these events have taken place when the authority of parents, teachers and the ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1068 (Link to this contribution) It is of course enormously helpful having Sir Hugh Orde, who served so well in Northern Ireland, as ...; Jeffrey M Donaldson | 531 c1067-8 (Link to this contribution) The Police Service of Northern Ireland has been available with resources to support the police here ...; Lord Barwell | 531 c1067 (Link to this contribution) Two of the shocking images that the Prime Minister referred to in his statement took place in my con...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1067 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady speaks very powerfully for Lewisham and her constituency, and also on this issue, on w...; Heidi Alexander | 531 c1067 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has talked about the role played by gangs and technology in the disorder that has...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1067 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend speaks with great expertise, because he serves as a special policeman. The point is t...; David TC Davies | 531 c1067 (Link to this contribution) Front-line officers were telling me last night that they have been afraid to use a measure of physic...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1066 (Link to this contribution) I am certainly happy to meet the hon. Lady. The point she makes—that reclaiming the streets is an is...; Barry Sheerman | 531 c1069 (Link to this contribution) May I beg the Prime Minister to change his mind about the commission of inquiry? This is not going t...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1069 (Link to this contribution) First, let me agree with what the hon. Lady said, I think very powerfully, about the fact that this ...; Diane Abbott | 531 c1069 (Link to this contribution) I was on the streets of Hackney at the height of the rioting on Monday night, and I know how frighte...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1069 (Link to this contribution) As I said in my statement, we keep the sentencing powers under review. Magistrates courts can pass s...; Roger Gale | 531 c1069 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that at a time like this, facing the circumstances that we face, it ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1068 (Link to this contribution) I simply do not accept this determinism that changes in the economy mean automatic changes in the le...; Elfyn Llwyd | 531 c1068 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister realise that in times of economic downturn acquisitive crime always increase...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1068 (Link to this contribution) At a time when everyone has to make budget reductions, every organisation, be it central Government,...; Mark Pritchard | 531 c1068 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Prime Minister on the leadership that he has shown on this issue and the initiati...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1068 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend knows, I think that we should support families and marriage in every way that we c...; Gloria De Piero | 531 c1078 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has said that CCTV has proved highly valuable, so can he explain how he might mak...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1078 (Link to this contribution) By making funds available. One of the first things I did in politics as a Home Office special advise...; Julian Huppert | 531 c1077-8 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has linked social media to violence. Will he join me in congratulating the huge n...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1078 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. It is why the Home Secretary is going to explore the issue wi...; Mike Gapes | 531 c1077 (Link to this contribution) There are 1 million 11 to 19- year-olds in London. The Prime Minister has said a lot about children ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1077 (Link to this contribution) To be fair, in my statement I said that what had happened was in no way representative of the brilli...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1077 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very good point. I can say that the Minister of State, Department for Busines...; Chuka Umunna | 531 c1078 (Link to this contribution) On Sunday and Monday night we saw violence, looting and ransacking in my constituency and my borough...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1078 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. He speaks with great expertise as he has practised criminal law. There ...; Robert Buckland | 531 c1078 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that when it comes to punishment the courts need to put compensation...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1076 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. There are parenting orders that can be used, and I hope that they will be w...; Baroness Berger | 531 c1076 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday and the day before, homes and businesses in my constituency were vandalised by a very smal...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1076 (Link to this contribution) That is exactly what I have said. There is the Riot (Damages) Act, so businesses, even if they are u...; Andrew Bridgen | 531 c1076 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that what we have witnessed on the streets of our major towns and citi...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1076 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady raises a very important point, and I was in her constituency yesterday. The discussion...; Philip Hollobone | 531 c1076 (Link to this contribution) What sanctions will be imposed on the parents of those juveniles who are prosecuted for being involv...; Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 531 c1077 (Link to this contribution) After the riot in West Bromwich, local traders told me that they feared the emergence of a new class...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1076 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. I have been struck, when meeting local people, community lead...; Charlie Elphicke | 531 c1077 (Link to this contribution) May I urge the Prime Minister to consider not just the amount of compensation and business continuit...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1077 (Link to this contribution) The first half of the hon. Gentleman's question, which was all about the new technology that the cri...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1078 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. This was not about race, it was about crime.; Stephen Williams | 531 c1078 (Link to this contribution) My constituency in Bristol West had violent disorder not only this week but in April, and we appreci...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1079 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right, but in setting out, as it were, a hierarchy of message, it is important...; Pat McFadden | 531 c1079 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for coming to Wolverhampton yesterday and meeting retailers who were affe...; Speaker | 531 c1079 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman.; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1079 (Link to this contribution) We are making sure that CCTV is properly regulated, but we do not want to restrict its use. CCTV is ...; Speaker | 531 c1079 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am very keen to accommodate the interest of colleagues, but we are now starting to get mini...; Karen Buck | 531 c1079-80 (Link to this contribution) We owe a debt of gratitude to our police services this week, but crisis policing is not an alternati...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1079 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. HMIC has said that those savings are available. It did not ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1071 (Link to this contribution) First, let me again pay tribute to what was done in Birmingham; it was a model of bringing communiti...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1071 (Link to this contribution) The specific point that I was making was about the concern that is often expressed, and was expresse...; Baroness Hoey | 531 c1073 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has made much, as others have, of the importance of parental responsibility. Does...; Lord Lilley | 531 c1072 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend accept that the problems addressed by his statement and those that will be...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1073 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend makes a very powerful point. I made a point of sitting down with my own chief c...; Virendra Sharma | 531 c1072 (Link to this contribution) On Tuesday night, all was quiet across Ealing, but there had been warnings that Southall might come ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1072 (Link to this contribution) I can see that I am going to get a number of very enticing invitations today. I think the whole coun...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1072 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is entirely right: what matters is getting the most out of the budgets that are there...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1069-70 (Link to this contribution) I think that we should have confidence in the ability of our Select Committees in the House to do th...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1070 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very good point. Just as the police have been using technology more effective...; Andrew Smith | 531 c1071 (Link to this contribution) Can the Prime Minister say what measures he has in mind to strengthen families, and in particular pa...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1071 (Link to this contribution) Let me give the right hon. Gentleman just one area where we have already made progress but I want to...; Malcolm Wicks | 531 c1070 (Link to this contribution) I, too, thank the Prime Minister for visiting Croydon earlier in the week, where he met our decent c...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1070 (Link to this contribution) The time that I spent in Croydon with the right hon. Gentleman was incredibly powerful. I heard abou...; Iain Stewart | 531 c1070 (Link to this contribution) I welcomed the Prime Minister's comments about the role of social media. May I urge him to look into...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1074 (Link to this contribution) As I have said, I think the police should look at all available technologies and should keep abreast...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1075 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right that that was in the manifesto, and it is indeed in the coalition...; Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 531 c1075 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is quite right to look at the events of this week in the context of social malais...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1075 (Link to this contribution) It is an hour and 20 minutes before I have said it, but I have to say it: there is a reason why we a...; David Tredinnick | 531 c1075 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend accept that following the G10 demonstrations in London, and the unfortunat...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1075 (Link to this contribution) The reassurance that I can give is that we will put the resources into the police force to make sure...; Alun Michael | 531 c1075 (Link to this contribution) As a member of the Home Affairs Committee, I am confident that our report will make a serious and si...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1075 (Link to this contribution) Let me make a couple of points to the right hon. Gentleman, who I know served in the Home Office. Fi...; Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 531 c1076 (Link to this contribution) May I pay my tribute to the West Midlands police, who did an excellent job in trying to contain some...; Richard Ottaway | 531 c1073 (Link to this contribution) May I join my colleagues from Croydon in thanking the Prime Minister for his visit, which was hugely...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1073 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is entirely right that there is no single measure that will increase parental responsi...; Graham Stringer | 531 c1073 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is completely right when he says that the tactics failed. Many in my constituency...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1073 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is entirely right. From the television scenes it was quite clear that this was crimin...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1073-4 (Link to this contribution) I can go further than that and say that even those criminals who did such things while the police di...; Robert Smith | 531 c1074 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has quite rightly identified that there has been major criminal activity. I welco...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1074 (Link to this contribution) We will certainly do that. That is why, as I said in the statement, there will be the facility for b...; Paul Goggins | 531 c1074 (Link to this contribution) May I voice my support for the police, including the brave officers who faced unprecedented levels o...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1074 (Link to this contribution) As the right hon. Gentleman served in the Home Office, I will certainly look very carefully and clos...; Andrea Leadsom | 531 c1074 (Link to this contribution) Literally thousands of victims deserve to see justice done, and it seems to me that there is very he...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1065 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for what he has said and for the work that I know his Committee wil...; Keith Vaz | 531 c1064 (Link to this contribution) I welcome all the steps that the Prime Minister has taken since the start of the disorders and join ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1064 (Link to this contribution) First, let me say to my hon. Friend that the police have access to baton rounds and they can make th...; Nadine Dorries | 531 c1064 (Link to this contribution) If these riots had broken out in any city or town in Australia or America, the police would have had...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1064 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the right hon. Gentleman that we must never write people off, however bad they are. We ...; Gerald Kaufman | 531 c1064 (Link to this contribution) It is undeniable that these criminals who looted, stole, rioted and caused intolerable damage to the...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1063 (Link to this contribution) That is certainly a sensible suggestion. Over and above that, we must recognise that the responsibil...; Nick de Bois | 531 c1063 (Link to this contribution) My constituents and I witnessed shocking events in Enfield on Sunday and Monday. What was particular...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1063 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is entirely right. When I was in Wolverhampton yesterday, I heard that the number...; Malcolm Rifkind | 531 c1062 (Link to this contribution) Metropolitan police officers have shown great courage and a high degree of determination over the pa...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1061 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly do that, and I was impressed, in the control room of the West Midlands police and e...; Jack Straw | 531 c1061 (Link to this contribution) No one disputes for a second the Prime Minister's determination to meet what he describes as the fir...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1062 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Lady speaks with all the authority of a former Policing Minister who knows this issue...; David Davis | 531 c1062-3 (Link to this contribution) I commend the Prime Minister for his decision to take action on gangs, but I want to raise another i...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1062 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. and learned Friend makes a good point, and obviously we will look again at the guidanc...; Hazel Blears | 531 c1062 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Prime Minister for his telephone call yesterday. What happened in Salford on Tu...; David Winnick | 531 c1063 (Link to this contribution) Bearing in mind what the Prime Minister has just said, what justification can there be in the west m...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1063 (Link to this contribution) The Government will certainly do that. I was in Birmingham yesterday and joined a meeting of communi...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1051-5 (Link to this contribution) With permission, I would like to make a statement. First, let me thank you, Mr Speaker and right hon...; Ed Miliband | 531 c1055-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for his statement and for his decision to suggest to you, Mr. Speaker, th...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1058-60 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for what he has said today, but also for what he has said in recent...; Peter Tapsell | 531 c1060 (Link to this contribution) Why have our police been dispersing these hoods so that they can riot in other vicinities, instead o...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1060 (Link to this contribution) I want the Wembley stadium to be available for great sporting events, and I think that it is importa...; Speaker | 531 c1060 (Link to this contribution) Order. A great many colleagues are seeking to catch my eye, which is entirely understandable. I want...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1060-1 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly take up the right hon. Gentleman's invitation to go to Tottenham and hear about tha...; David Lammy | 531 c1060 (Link to this contribution) I welcome what the Prime Minister has said about the death of Mark Duggan and about compensation for...; John Leech | 531 c1061 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister encourage media organisations to release immediately all unseen footage of c...; Daniel Kawczynski | 531 c1096-7 (Link to this contribution) Many of my constituents in Shrewsbury have watched in horror the events in some of our cities, and t...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1096 (Link to this contribution) Of course, I do not accept that, but I do accept what the hon. Gentleman says about the Union. It is...; Ian Davidson | 531 c1096 (Link to this contribution) Scottish police assisting their English colleagues is part of the benefit of the Union, but why is i...; Speaker | 531 c1096 (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind the House that Members who were not here at the start of the statement should not no...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1096 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly do that. In the task of trying to make a more responsible society where people live...; Mary MacLeod | 531 c1096 (Link to this contribution) As a London MP, I was shocked and horrified by the scenes of criminality, violence and looting that ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1096 (Link to this contribution) The £20 million fund is available from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, but there...; Simon Danczuk | 531 c1096 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the £20 million fund for high street businesses, but the problem is that 48,000 retailers ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1096 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is entirely right. There has recently been a growth in specials in some forces and th...; Lord Johnson of Marylebone | 531 c1096 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister join me in paying tribute to the 1,300 voluntary special constables who play...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1098 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary is going to have meetings with some of those organisations, but even before that ...; Andrew Stephenson | 531 c1098 (Link to this contribution) I join my hon. Friend the Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (David Morris) in paying tribute to Lan...; Kate Green | 531 c1098 (Link to this contribution) Like many others, I was shocked by the extreme youth of some of those perpetrating the criminal acti...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1097 (Link to this contribution) I cannot give the hon. Lady that assurance. What I can say is that media organisations, like others,...; Tessa Munt | 531 c1097 (Link to this contribution) The film and print media have shown us footage and photographs of incidents such as people torching ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1097-8 (Link to this contribution) I can only repeat that there are 32,000 officers in the Met and there is a perfect capability to sur...; Gareth Thomas | 531 c1097 (Link to this contribution) I join the Prime Minister in praising the police, particularly those in Harrow, who earlier this wee...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1097 (Link to this contribution) As I said earlier, there are parenting orders. They can be used, they can involve parents paying qui...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1097 (Link to this contribution) As I said earlier, this is only a week from the very starting event that triggered the process, so h...; Helen Jones | 531 c1097 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is quite right that our first duty is to ensure that people are safe and to bring...; John Glen | 531 c1094 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister rightly identified new and unique threats that the police have faced in recent da...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1094 (Link to this contribution) On the first part of the hon. Gentleman's question, the police themselves will want to review what h...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1093 (Link to this contribution) In the end, the deployment and the numbers are an issue for the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, an...; Lord Cryer | 531 c1093 (Link to this contribution) It actually took four nights, not two nights, to put 16,000 police officers on the streets of London...; Julian Brazier | 531 c1093 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement, in particular his comments on more robust policing and m...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1094 (Link to this contribution) The point that I was making about the police is that they have to stand behind the Riot (Damages) Ac...; John McDonnell | 531 c1094 (Link to this contribution) I regret the response that the Prime Minister gave to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroli...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1094 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. As I said, we should test Government policy by whether it improves resp...; John Hemming | 531 c1093 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister shares my concern about the children on the streets and the importance of parenta...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1095 (Link to this contribution) I agree wholeheartedly with the hon. Gentleman. I was extremely impressed when I went to the West Mi...; George Freeman | 531 c1094-5 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that the outbreak of mob rule this week has been incubating during a...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1094 (Link to this contribution) I cannot give an estimate of what will be paid out under Bellwin or under the schemes that we have e...; Chris Bryant | 531 c1095 (Link to this contribution) I commend the Prime Minister on being extremely reluctant to send in the troops, because when the tr...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1095 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes some important points about the culture that has grown up, which people will wa...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1095 (Link to this contribution) In Wales, as in England, there are opportunities to get officers out from desk jobs, HR jobs and IT ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1095 (Link to this contribution) I certainly pay tribute to the Lancashire force, as to other forces who acted quickly under the PNIC...; Hugh Bayley | 531 c1094 (Link to this contribution) In North Yorkshire, public order officers have been sent to London, Birmingham and Manchester. The c...; Lord Walney | 531 c1101 (Link to this contribution) If the Prime Minister now wants to extend the previous Labour Government's legislation to restrict g...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1102 (Link to this contribution) Now that my right hon. and learned Friend, the Attorney-General, is sitting on this side of the Hous...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1101 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for what he says about these long sessions at the Dispatch Box; I am beginnin...; Julie Hilling | 531 c1101 (Link to this contribution) The Association of Chief Police Officers undertook research that showed that where there is a well-f...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1101 (Link to this contribution) We are going ahead with the Myplace youth centre programme, which is seeing vast and very well-funde...; Mike Weatherley | 531 c1102 (Link to this contribution) As chair of the all-party group on retail and business crime, I can tell the Prime Minister that ret...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1102 (Link to this contribution) I might want to send the Business Secretary, or someone from the Business Department, to that meetin...; Michael Ellis | 531 c1102 (Link to this contribution) This week saw the busiest night for the London fire brigade since the blitz in terms of the number o...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1102 (Link to this contribution) I certainly praise Northamptonshire police, but I praise again the firefighters in London and elsewh...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1103 (Link to this contribution) This is how the system works. ACPO has established the police national information co-ordination cen...; Lord Evans of Rainow | 531 c1103 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that those who are convicted, those who have tried to destroy our soci...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1103 (Link to this contribution) I think my hon. Friend refers to the petition that is gathering signatures, and, as I have said, we ...; Bob Stewart | 531 c1103 (Link to this contribution) When Mark Duggan was shot last week, the IPCC immediately went in and sealed the crime scene, but th...; Stephen Hammond | 531 c1102 (Link to this contribution) I commend the Prime Minister for his statement and his comments about social media. The criminal ele...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1102 (Link to this contribution) We will certainly do that. What method we use is less important than the intent of looking at ways t...; Marcus Jones | 531 c1102-3 (Link to this contribution) I join right hon. and hon. Members from all parts of the House who have commended the brave work of ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1103 (Link to this contribution) The difficulty with my hon. Friend's suggestion is that the IPCC has got to get across the detail be...; Paul Uppal | 531 c1103 (Link to this contribution) I, too, thank the Prime Minister for coming to Wolverhampton yesterday, and I particularly welcome t...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1098 (Link to this contribution) I certainly pay tribute to the Kent police force, which does such a good job. My hon. Friend referre...; Frank Dobson | 531 c1098 (Link to this contribution) We all welcome the Prime Minister's praise for the individual police officers, firefighters and ambu...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1098 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can. We are making changes to the youth justice system, but that is really to incorporate it ...; Rehman Chishti | 531 c1098 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister attracted enormous criticism years ago when, as Leader of the Opposition, he made...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1099 (Link to this contribution) When we hear about people attacking firefighters who are trying to put out fires, it is absolutely a...; Speaker | 531 c1099 (Link to this contribution) Order. Notwithstanding the very heavy taxation of the Prime Minister's knee muscles, I am inclined t...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1099 (Link to this contribution) We are taking action on the advice of Lord Hutton, the former Labour Secretary of State for Work and...; Greg Mulholland | 531 c1099 (Link to this contribution) One of the many abhorrent aspects of the recent disorder was the threat of violence against our brav...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1099 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I can arrange for the Minister for Housing and Local Government, who has worked very hard to...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1100 (Link to this contribution) This work that is done in the United States is also done in the United Kingdom. One thing we can do ...; Fiona Mactaggart | 531 c1100 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister said he did not want a sterile debate on resources, which I do not think any of u...; Jack Lopresti | 531 c1100 (Link to this contribution) Will elected police commissioners have the power to authorise the use of water cannon, troop support...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1100 (Link to this contribution) Those decisions must always be an operational matter for the chief constable. Let us be clear—I do n...; Mary Glindon | 531 c1100 (Link to this contribution) As my constituents witnessed the terrible events across the country and members of our own Northumbr...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1100-1 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the hon. Lady should stay for the next statement, in which we will hear about the difficult ...; Karl McCartney | 531 c1101 (Link to this contribution) It is my understanding that public order training for police officers was reduced back in 2005. Does...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1101 (Link to this contribution) There will be lessons to learn about the extent of riot training and the balance between it and ordi...; Andrew Selous | 531 c1081 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister pay tribute to police forces from outside London, such as Bedfordshire, whic...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1080 (Link to this contribution) As I said, what we saw in London over the past few days, where we have 32,000 officers in the Met, w...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1081 (Link to this contribution) I am not aware of any conversations, but I am aware of the excellent role that Scottish police offic...; Angus Robertson | 531 c1081 (Link to this contribution) Hundreds of specialist police officers have been deployed from Scotland's eight forces in support of...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1081 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I feel passionately that national citizen service is a grea...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1080 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that the hon. Lady is being fair on the Association of Chief Police Officers and the ...; Baroness Keeley | 531 c1080 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister keeps referring to 16,000 police officers in London. We had them only because the...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1080 (Link to this contribution) Of course conversations have to take place between the Home Office and the police about the use of d...; Tobias Ellwood | 531 c1080 (Link to this contribution) Today marks the start of a long, sober and difficult post mortem to find out why parts of our societ...; Catherine McKinnell | 531 c1081 (Link to this contribution) The police, courts and Crown Prosecution Service must be commended for their work around the clock t...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1081 (Link to this contribution) I certainly do. I support having local police forces; I was never in favour of large police mergers ...; Charlotte Leslie | 531 c1082 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister, and very much welcome the tangible provisions he has put in place in cas...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1082 (Link to this contribution) This was discussed at Cobra this morning. As I understand it, subsequent to that it has been decided...; Robert Flello | 531 c1082 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to all the public sector workers we rely on time and time again, and in particular tho...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1082 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend speaks powerfully about this. It will be a wake-up call to the police on the way they...; James Clappison | 531 c1081 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome what my right hon. Friend said about robust sentencing. Although speedy justice is ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1081 (Link to this contribution) At Cobra, there was not only a Justice Minister but also the Attorney-General, making sure that when...; Gerry Sutcliffe | 531 c1082 (Link to this contribution) These are indeed difficult times and the safety of our communities is important. The Prime Minister ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1082 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. It has to be for the courts to set sentences, but they have tough sente...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1083 (Link to this contribution) Everyone wants to see a fairer and more equal country, but I have to say to the hon. Lady that young...; Matt Hancock | 531 c1083 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister join me in congratulating policemen from Suffolk and across East Anglia who ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1083 (Link to this contribution) Of course we will keep the issue under review, and there is the Riot (Damages) Act as well as the £2...; Caroline Lucas | 531 c1083 (Link to this contribution) Violence is always to be condemned, but as the Prime Minister said, seeking to understand violence i...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1084 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. There will be people arrested this time who casually entered a br...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1083-4 (Link to this contribution) I certainly join my hon. Friend in praising Suffolk and other police forces in East Anglia and Essex...; Daniel Byles | 531 c1084 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that no matter how good a job the police do in arresting people, too m...; Speaker | 531 c1083 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the Prime Minister's concern, but I assure the House that nothing disorderly has h...; Stephen Metcalfe | 531 c1083 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement, particularly the support he is offering small and me...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1083 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether we need an inquiry into safety in the House, Mr Speaker, but someone seems to ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1085 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly look at what the hon. Gentleman says. I particularly admire the work that Strathcly...; Jane Ellison | 531 c1085 (Link to this contribution) The day after the riot and looting at Clapham Junction in the heart of Battersea, my constituency, w...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1085 (Link to this contribution) I certainly back what my hon. Friend says, and I know that she will be on to the Departments for Bus...; Jonathan Ashworth | 531 c1085 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister will be aware that, in Leicester city centre, in my constituency, we had some ins...; Tony Lloyd | 531 c1084 (Link to this contribution) On behalf of the overwhelming majority of my constituents who were appalled by the organised crimina...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1084 (Link to this contribution) Of course, we will look at all these issues, and ACPO, the Home Office and others will want to learn...; David Burrowes | 531 c1084 (Link to this contribution) My constituents will commend the Prime Minister's statement and the Leader of the Opposition's senti...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1084-5 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend used to work as a solicitor, he knows well that far too much time is taken up in p...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1087 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is entirely right. I was very struck at the meeting that I had in Wolverhampton with ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1086 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Lady will know, a process has to be followed whereby the local authority and the police ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1086 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that the need to reform and modernise the police and policing is more urgent than that. ...; Rushanara Ali | 531 c1086 (Link to this contribution) When rioters spilled into the heart of my constituency on Monday night, local people of all backgrou...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1086 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman speaks not only for his constituents, but, frankly, for the whole House in deprec...; Duncan Hames | 531 c1086 (Link to this contribution) It will soon be 50 years since the last royal commission on policing, and the Prime Minister today h...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1086 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly look at what my hon. Friend says. Of course, the age of criminal responsibility is ...; Clive Efford | 531 c1086 (Link to this contribution) For the past two nights in my constituency, I have had a very heavy police presence, owing to right-...; Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 531 c1086 (Link to this contribution) I join the Prime Minister in praising the bravery of the emergency services and echo the disbelief o...; Phillip Lee | 531 c1087 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate Thames Valley police on the support that they provided in London in recent days. Does...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1087 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. Of course, we all want to see a country where opportunity is more equal, wh...; Bill Esterson | 531 c1088 (Link to this contribution) Merseyside police say they will lose 880 police officers, with neighbourhood officers most at risk. ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1088 (Link to this contribution) Chief constables up and down the country are now coming out and explaining how they will achieve the...; Amber Rudd | 531 c1087 (Link to this contribution) The cities have been the victims of the violence and criminality, but is the Prime Minister aware th...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1087 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. A lot of those rumours were circulating. Although the use o...; Kevin Barron | 531 c1087 (Link to this contribution) Violence against others and theft should clearly be dealt with by the criminal law, but does the Pri...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1087 (Link to this contribution) It can be part of solving the problem; it says to people in social housing, ““If you misbehave, you ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1087 (Link to this contribution) The Bellwin scheme will operate in its normal way, so there will be a threshold, but of course, we a...; Lee Scott | 531 c1088 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister join me in congratulating Sue Williams and the team in Redbridge on everythi...; John Robertson | 531 c1088 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has exalted CCTV, and rightly so. Does he agree with me that it can deter people ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1088 (Link to this contribution) I certainly join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to his constituents and all those who played an im...; Oliver Heald | 531 c1088 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree with me that those who are found guilty of committing crimes during th...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1088 (Link to this contribution) Local councils can put up CCTV cameras and they will continue to be able to do so. We can all see ho...; Barry Gardiner | 531 c1088-9 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister accept that the events of the past five nights in London have changed the na...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1088 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. We should use all means to bring home to those criminals the damage that th...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1089 (Link to this contribution) I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman. I think that people in London will understand our saying tha...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1089 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes some interesting suggestions. I have always felt that the Sentencing Guidelines...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1089 (Link to this contribution) I cannot give my hon. Friend figures on which specific part of the Public Order Act people have been...; Philip Davies | 531 c1089 (Link to this contribution) Can the Prime Minister tell the House how many people have been charged under part I, section 1 of t...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1089 (Link to this contribution) We want to see them in the right place, properly regulated, and that may well mean more of them.; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1090 (Link to this contribution) First, I think the greatest deterrent to such people is not just the sentence, but knowing that they...; Lord Harrington of Watford | 531 c1090 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree with me that, for rioters, the biggest deterrent is not being brought ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1090 (Link to this contribution) Today, as we speak, only 12% of police officers are on the beat at any one time. I simply refuse to ...; Nick Raynsford | 531 c1089-90 (Link to this contribution) At a meeting this morning attended by a number of London Members of Parliament of all parties who, l...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1090 (Link to this contribution) It is very important that we have a good network of police cells in our towns and cities, so that of...; Lord Mann | 531 c1090 (Link to this contribution) Last Wednesday, it was determined that all nine police cells in Bassetlaw would be immediately close...; Ben Wallace | 531 c1090 (Link to this contribution) Too many times recently, we have seen the Metropolitan police force try to straddle its two main fun...; Kerry McCarthy | 531 c1091 (Link to this contribution) Given that we have had a year of social unrest, from the student protests and direct action against ...; Damian Collins | 531 c1091 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister was right to say that the riots not only appalled all law-abiding people in this ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1091 (Link to this contribution) Of course police authorities do not welcome the fact that they are being replaced, but I think that ...; Ian Lucas | 531 c1090-1 (Link to this contribution) The criminal justice system in north Wales coped admirably with civil disturbances in Wrexham in 200...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1090 (Link to this contribution) I hear what my hon. Friend says, but with a year to go to the Olympics, I think that sort of major s...; Tom Brake | 531 c1091 (Link to this contribution) Following these disturbances, does the Prime Minister think that the public will believe that now is...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1091 (Link to this contribution) We are not.; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1091 (Link to this contribution) We believe that we have good security measures in place for the Olympic games. We keep them under re...; Emma Reynolds | 531 c1091-2 (Link to this contribution) As the Prime Minister is aware, businesses in Wolverhampton bore the brunt of the criminal activity ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1092 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry I missed the hon. Lady in Wolverhampton yesterday and I will try and make up for that in ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1093 (Link to this contribution) It is important that Ministers make a number of visits, as I have been doing over recent days and wi...; Lilian Greenwood | 531 c1093 (Link to this contribution) People in Nottingham are understandably shocked and very frightened by some appalling incidents in s...; Sarah Wollaston | 531 c1092 (Link to this contribution) As a former police surgeon, I have personally witnessed the great professionalism of our police forc...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1092 (Link to this contribution) One of the points of the new e-petitions website is to make sure that if a certain level of signatur...; Natascha Engel | 531 c1092 (Link to this contribution) One of the ways in which ordinary people are trying to get their voices heard is by going on to the ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1092 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. We have to make sure that people who use this new technology for ...; Robin Walker | 531 c1092 (Link to this contribution) In addition to providing substantial mutual aid to the west midlands police force and keeping up num...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1067 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for what he did to introduce me to some of the affected shopkeepers and home ...; David Ruffley | 531 c1079 (Link to this contribution) Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary has said that £1.5 billion a year can be made in police e...; Margot James | 531 c1072 (Link to this contribution) I urge the Prime Minister to resist the knee-jerk calls for a revision to the plans for the police b...; Jenny Willott | 531 c1070 (Link to this contribution) Some cities have suffered hugely this week, while others have avoided violence and managed to quash ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1070 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is absolutely right, and any inquiry should certainly do that.; Chris Leslie | 531 c1074 (Link to this contribution) In Nottingham, the police public order squads, whom I accompanied last night, are a tribute to the b...; Simon Hughes | 531 c1065 (Link to this contribution) Those of us in the communities affected give our thanks to the police and the emergency services, bu...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1061 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept what the right hon. Gentleman says about police numbers, and indeed neither do chief...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1093 (Link to this contribution) We must always back the police when they do the right thing. Much has been said about the police, po...; Jack Dromey | 531 c1095 (Link to this contribution) Following the tragic killing of three young men in Birmingham, the city faced its most dangerous mom...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1103 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for organising that cross-party meeting in Wolverhampton, and I pay tribute t...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1100 (Link to this contribution) I would welcome that, because the point is that the police availability figure today is only 12% of ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1105 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. There are now much better mechanisms to ensure that people who en...; Aidan Burley | 531 c1105 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister consider the suggestion that anyone who is convicted of rioting and who is n...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1104 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. Cheshire police gave help to Greater Manchester police and, I thi...; Edward Timpson | 531 c1103-4 (Link to this contribution) Many Crewe and Nantwich residents have told me of how appalled they have been by the despicable scen...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1104 (Link to this contribution) I certainly join my hon. Friend in praising Staffordshire police, who provided assistance to the wes...; Christopher Pincher | 531 c1104 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend pay tribute to the chief constable and officers of Staffordshire police, w...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1104 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about that. We plan to spend additional money on the 20...; Lord Foster of Bath | 531 c1104 (Link to this contribution) Looking to the future, I note that far too many of the people—young and old alike—who were involved ...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1104-5 (Link to this contribution) I know that my hon. Friend has been waiting two hours and 50 minutes to say that, but he puts it abs...; Eric Ollerenshaw | 531 c1104 (Link to this contribution) Two hours and 40 minutes ago the Prime Minister in his statement referred to the British model of po...; Speaker | 531 c1105 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for his commitment to the House over the past 165 minutes, and I thank al...; Penny Mordaunt | 531 c1080 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister spoke of the significant number of young people who have no moral compass and no ...; Jim Sheridan | 531 c1085 (Link to this contribution) The vast majority of people in Scotland share the anger and frustration of the victims of these crim...; Yasmin Qureshi | 531 c1087 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister confirm whether the Bellwin scheme will operate at 85% or 100%, as it did un...; Lord Watts | 531 c1089 (Link to this contribution) May I give the Prime Minister the opportunity to dispel the confusion about his policy on surveillan...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1092-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes an important point. In my statement I said that we would extend the power that t...; David Morris | 531 c1095 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister share with me his gratitude to Lancashire police for sending 76 police offic...; Mark Pawsey | 531 c1101 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate the Prime Minister on his diligence and energy in remaining at the Dispatch Box f...; David Anderson | 531 c1099 (Link to this contribution) I was genuinely saddened to hear the Prime Minister's response to my right hon. Friend the Member fo...; Greg Hands | 531 c1099 (Link to this contribution) My constituents have also been victims of some of the disorder in recent days and strongly welcome t...; Richard Burden | 531 c1071 (Link to this contribution) In relation to Birmingham and the west midlands, may I add my tribute to the work of the police, the...; Conor Burns | 531 c1071 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has referred twice in the past 24 hours to phoney concerns about human rights. He...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1085 (Link to this contribution) I share what the hon. Gentleman says. Some of the things, places and people who were attacked were t...; James Morris | 531 c1087 (Link to this contribution) My constituents are understandably angry about the violence in nearby West Bromwich and the centre o...; Mark Reckless | 531 c1089 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister speaks for the public on sentencing, but the guidelines are set by a quango. Will...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c1091 (Link to this contribution) I think that when people think about the events of recent days, they will conclude that police autho...
Subjects: Compensation Criminal proceedings CCTV Curfews Death Crimes of violence Army Business Crimes against property Clothing Housing Government assistance Internet Evictions Planning permission Police Powers Sentencing Security Tax allowances Social rented housing Temporary accommodation Civil disorder Bellwin scheme Riot control weapons Tottenham Gangs Duggan, Mark
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