To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the six-month review of the Maritime Enforcement Powers (Specification of the Royal Navy Police) Regulations 2020, announced on 17 December 2020, was completed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the six-month review of the Maritime Enforcement Powers (Specification of the Royal Navy Police) Regulations 2020, announced on 17 December 2020, was completed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the clarity of the division of responsibilities between the Royal Navy, Royal Navy Police and civilian police forces for responding to suspected hostile activity by foreign military vessels within UK territorial waters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the clarity of the division of responsibilities between the Royal Navy, Royal Navy Police and civilian police forces for responding to suspected hostile activity by foreign military vessels within UK territorial waters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of legislative changes to provide Royal Navy Police with consistent maritime law-enforcement powers throughout the territorial waters of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, subject to legal jurisdictions and devolution settlements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of legislative changes to provide Royal Navy Police with consistent maritime law-enforcement powers throughout the territorial waters of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, subject to legal jurisdictions and devolution settlements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will (a) review the requirement for Royal Navy Police to exercise maritime enforcement powers only at the request of civilian police forces and (b) consider enabling suitably trained Royal Navy Police officers to exercise those powers independently where necessary to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will (a) review the requirement for Royal Navy Police to exercise maritime enforcement powers only at the request of civilian police forces and (b) consider enabling suitably trained Royal Navy Police officers to exercise those powers independently where necessary to...

I. Report of the Royal Navy non-statutory investigation into allegations of misconduct and in appropriate behaviour within the submarine service: foreword and executive summary. 15p. II. Findings of the immediate ship's investigation (ISI) into allegations of misconduct and inappropriate behaviour within the submarine service. [redacted]. 117p.

I. Report of the Royal Navy non-statutory investigation into allegations of misconduct and in appropriate behaviour within the submarine service: foreword and executive summary. 15p. II. Findings of the immediate ship's investigation (ISI) into allegations of misconduct and inappropriate behaviour within the submarine service. [redacted]. 117p.

My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

This Government is committed to improving Service life for our dedicated Service personnel. This includes addressing any experience in our Armed Forces which falls short of the standards we expect. The Secretary of State for Defence...

My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

This Government is committed to improving Service life for our dedicated Service personnel. This includes addressing any experience in our Armed Forces which falls short of the standards we expect. The Secretary of State for Defence...

This Government is committed to improving Service life for our dedicated Service personnel. This includes addressing any experience in our Armed Forces which falls short of the standards we expect. The Secretary of State for Defence made clear in his first address to the Ministry of Defence that we will...

This Government is committed to improving Service life for our dedicated Service personnel. This includes addressing any experience in our Armed Forces which falls short of the standards we expect. The Secretary of State for Defence made clear in his first address to the Ministry of Defence that we will...

My Lords, the extraction of information powers introduced in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 have provided a statutory basis for police and other authorised persons to obtain information from electronic devices to support investigations.

These powers came into force last November, along with a code of practice that...

My Lords, the extraction of information powers introduced in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 have provided a statutory basis for police and other authorised persons to obtain information from electronic devices to support investigations.

These powers came into force last November, along with a code of practice that...

My Lords, this is a straightforward piece of secondary legislation, adding the Royal Military Police, the Royal Air Force Police and the Royal Navy Police to the list of people who can exercise extraction of information powers under Section 41 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

First, I...

My Lords, this is a straightforward piece of secondary legislation, adding the Royal Military Police, the Royal Air Force Police and the Royal Navy Police to the list of people who can exercise extraction of information powers under Section 41 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

First, I...

My Lords, I too am happy to say that this is a straightforward statutory instrument, and we are happy to support it from the Labour Party’s point of view. The SI adds members of the Royal Navy Police, the Royal Military Police and the Royal Air Force Police to those...

My Lords, I too am happy to say that this is a straightforward statutory instrument, and we are happy to support it from the Labour Party’s point of view. The SI adds members of the Royal Navy Police, the Royal Military Police and the Royal Air Force Police to those...

My Lords, I thank both noble Lords who have spoken in this very short debate. I shall address all the questions asked of me shortly. Before I do that, I make the general point that the introduction of extraction of information powers in the 2022 Act and its code of...

My Lords, I thank both noble Lords who have spoken in this very short debate. I shall address all the questions asked of me shortly. Before I do that, I make the general point that the introduction of extraction of information powers in the 2022 Act and its code of...

Just to interrupt the Minister for a second, I was asking whether a common set of software is used across police forces.

Just to interrupt the Minister for a second, I was asking whether a common set of software is used across police forces.

I am coming to that. There is a digital evidence programme, because the Government are determined to address the challenges associated with selectively extracting, analysing and reporting digital evidence gathered in criminal investigations, as we have been discussing.

We are supporting the Police Digital Service with £1.36 million in 2023-24 to...

I am coming to that. There is a digital evidence programme, because the Government are determined to address the challenges associated with selectively extracting, analysing and reporting digital evidence gathered in criminal investigations, as we have been discussing.

We are supporting the Police Digital Service with £1.36 million in 2023-24 to...

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister again, but the acronym RASSO stands for rape and serious sexual offences.

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister again, but the acronym RASSO stands for rape and serious sexual offences.

I thank the noble Lord very much for that.

On the progress being made on recommendation 5 of the HMICFRS report, which relates to budgets and the funding of digital forensics, we have also set up a commissioning board, jointly led by policing and the Home Office, to enable joint decision-making...

I thank the noble Lord very much for that.

On the progress being made on recommendation 5 of the HMICFRS report, which relates to budgets and the funding of digital forensics, we have also set up a commissioning board, jointly led by policing and the Home Office, to enable joint decision-making...

Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

Motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

Motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

The Ministry of Defence published a review of the Service Police as part of a wider review of the Service Justice System. This Commons Library briefing paper discusses who the Service Police are, what they do, and the outcome of the review.

The Ministry of Defence published a review of the Service Police as part of a wider review of the Service Justice System. This Commons Library briefing paper discusses who the Service Police are, what they do, and the outcome of the review.