Government response to the Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) review. 11p.

Government response to the Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) review. 11p.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Browning on 17 May (WA 301) and 14 July (WA 206), whether they will place in the Library of the House a schedule of all meetings held by Home Office ministers with (a) the Mayor of London or...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Browning on 17 May (WA 301) and 14 July (WA 206), whether they will place in the Library of the House a schedule of all meetings held by Home Office ministers with (a) the Mayor of London or...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Browning on 17 May (HL7906), on what dates meetings were held by Home Office Ministers with (a) the Mayor of London and/or the chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority, and (b) the commissioner and/or the deputy commissioner of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Browning on 17 May (HL7906), on what dates meetings were held by Home Office Ministers with (a) the Mayor of London and/or the chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority, and (b) the commissioner and/or the deputy commissioner of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what meetings have been held by Home Office Ministers with (a) the Mayor of London or the chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority, and (b) the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, since May 2010.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what meetings have been held by Home Office Ministers with (a) the Mayor of London or the chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority, and (b) the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effect of changes to funding allocation to the Metropolitan Police Authority budget on (a) police numbers and (b) Safer Neighbourhood teams in the London borough of Southwark.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effect of changes to funding allocation to the Metropolitan Police Authority budget on (a) police numbers and (b) Safer Neighbourhood teams in the London borough of Southwark.

Draft Legislative Reform (Epping Forest) Order 2011. With an explanatory document from the Home Office recommending the affirmative resolution procedure. Regulatory Reform Committee resolved on 3 May that the affirmative procedure should apply to this Order. Also resolved on 3 May that the Order be approved. Approved by Parliament. Made 18 July 2011 (SI 2011/1761). Coming into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Draft Legislative Reform (Epping Forest) Order 2011. With an explanatory document from the Home Office recommending the affirmative resolution procedure. Regulatory Reform Committee resolved on 3 May that the affirmative procedure should apply to this Order. Also resolved on 3 May that the Order be approved. Approved by Parliament. Made...

SI 2010/1070. With an explanatory memorandum from the Home Office. Coming into force 26 April 2010.

SI 2010/1070. With an explanatory memorandum from the Home Office. Coming into force 26 April 2010.

My hon. Friend is absolutely right: there is a trail of broken promises. First, the Mayor said that he would respect the autonomy—the operational independence—of the Metropolitan police, but then he decided to grab it and try to run it himself from City hall. Now, he is saying he is...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right: there is a trail of broken promises. First, the Mayor said that he would respect the autonomy—the operational independence—of the Metropolitan police, but then he decided to grab it and try to run it himself from City hall. Now, he is saying he is...

May we have a debate in the House on policing and security in London? The Mayor of London was elected on a promise to provide strong leadership for the Metropolitan Police Authority, and some of us would like to scrutinise exactly what he thinks he has achieved that makes him...

May we have a debate in the House on policing and security in London? The Mayor of London was elected on a promise to provide strong leadership for the Metropolitan Police Authority, and some of us would like to scrutinise exactly what he thinks he has achieved that makes him...

The amendment relates to the composition of crime and disorder overview and scrutiny committees, which have been established by local authorities in England since 30 April 2009 under the Police and Justice Act 2006. The suggestion is that it should be compulsory to have a member of the local police...

The amendment relates to the composition of crime and disorder overview and scrutiny committees, which have been established by local authorities in England since 30 April 2009 under the Police and Justice Act 2006. The suggestion is that it should be compulsory to have a member of the local police...

I thank my noble friend for his response. I am sure that there are problems with the amendment, but there will be problems also if it does not happen. It is interesting that the Minister is all in favour of flexibility in some circumstances, and yet in others—and we have...

I thank my noble friend for his response. I am sure that there are problems with the amendment, but there will be problems also if it does not happen. It is interesting that the Minister is all in favour of flexibility in some circumstances, and yet in others—and we have...

This amendment seeks to ensure that there is always a police authority representative on crime and disorder committees to square the circle regarding police accountability. Crime and disorder committees are effectively council overview and scrutiny committees when they sit to consider crime and disorder issues. They were created through the...

This amendment seeks to ensure that there is always a police authority representative on crime and disorder committees to square the circle regarding police accountability. Crime and disorder committees are effectively council overview and scrutiny committees when they sit to consider crime and disorder issues. They were created through the...

My name is attached to the amendment that the noble Baroness, Lady Henig, has outlined admirably. I will say only that I support it and that I hope that the Minister will answer the questions.

My name is attached to the amendment that the noble Baroness, Lady Henig, has outlined admirably. I will say only that I support it and that I hope that the Minister will answer the questions.

I merely observe that the proposals put forward by the noble Baroness might be very difficult to operate in London.

I merely observe that the proposals put forward by the noble Baroness might be very difficult to operate in London.

I sense a germ of hope, finally, in what the Minister has said. For years I have been bashing on about this, never getting anywhere and always being thrown back by whoever happened to be dealing with me at the Dispatch Box. There is hope, and I am most grateful...

I sense a germ of hope, finally, in what the Minister has said. For years I have been bashing on about this, never getting anywhere and always being thrown back by whoever happened to be dealing with me at the Dispatch Box. There is hope, and I am most grateful...

This amendment would bring the Association of Chief Police Officers within the provision of the Freedom of Information Act. My reason for tabling it is that the Government are, in any case, looking at whether the FOI Act is wide enough in the organisations it covers. The Prime Minister opened...

This amendment would bring the Association of Chief Police Officers within the provision of the Freedom of Information Act. My reason for tabling it is that the Government are, in any case, looking at whether the FOI Act is wide enough in the organisations it covers. The Prime Minister opened...