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Knife Crime

Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 27 November 2012, in the House of Commons, led by Philip Davies. The answering member was Jeremy Browne.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

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Session

2012-13

Department

Home Office

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Philip Davies | 554 c32WH (Link to this contribution)

Hon. Members will have noticed the new clock displays in the Chamber, which I am sure we are all ...

Douglas Carswell | 554 cc32-4WH (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for the opportunity to talk about knife crime. I intend to speak for only about 10 ...


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David Simpson | 554 c34WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on obtaining this debate. Northern Ireland’s figures for knife ...

Douglas Carswell | 554 c34WH (Link to this contribution)

That is absolutely spot on. I want us to do much more to encourage people, especially young peopl...

Mark Field | 554 cc34-5WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that ideally we need to personalise and localise the ca...

Douglas Carswell | 554 c35WH (Link to this contribution)

I completely agree with my hon. Friend’s point about the vital need for a tailor-made solution th...

David Simpson | 554 c35WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman talked about drink-driving. At this time of year, we see graphic advertisement...

Douglas Carswell | 554 cc35-7WH (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely. There are strong parallels with the campaign against drink-driving, but it is importa...

David Lammy | 554 c37WH (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to have the opportunity to contribute to this important debate, Mr Davies. I congra...

Bob Russell | 554 c37WH (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. Gentleman confirm for the record that three times as many people are killed b...

David Lammy | 554 cc37-41WH (Link to this contribution)

I am happy to confirm that that is exactly the case, and that goes to the point that gun crime mo...

Bob Russell | 554 cc39-43WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Member for Clacton (Mr Carswell) on securing the debate and on his speech...

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 554 c43WH (Link to this contribution)

While we are talking about the influences on young people who carry knives—sad to say, many lives...

Bob Russell | 554 c43WH (Link to this contribution)

I do not think that I am competent to comment on the specific details. Our inquiry showed there w...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 554 cc43-5WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Member for Clacton (Mr Carswell) for bringing the debate to Westminster Hall. He...

Douglas Carswell | 554 c45WH (Link to this contribution)

I am genuinely interested in the various initiatives that the right hon. Gentleman implemented as...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 554 cc45-6WH (Link to this contribution)

There is a balance between the two. Some of the ideas introduced under my jurisdiction as a Minis...

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 554 c46WH (Link to this contribution)

In acknowledging some of the answers, we must not forget parental responsibility. Parents are res...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 554 cc46-7WH (Link to this contribution)

I think we do have to react to events. Governments often respond because things happen and that i...

Jeremy Browne | 554 cc47-50WH (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for the opportunity to make the final contribution to this extremely important deba...

Bob Russell | 554 c50WH (Link to this contribution)

I hope that the Minister is right that knife crime has reached a high water point and is in decli...

Jeremy Browne | 554 c50WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is right that, regrettably, I do not have the figure for 10 years ago. The inferen...

Douglas Carswell | 554 c50WH (Link to this contribution)

I was pleased to hear the Minister say that the Government are in favour not of cautioning, but o...

Jeremy Browne | 554 c50WH (Link to this contribution)

I will come on to that. As I have said, I have spoken about several areas that are not the direct...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 554 c50WH (Link to this contribution)

The figure that the Minister cites is welcome but, perhaps after the debate, I would welcome a br...

Jeremy Browne | 554 cc50-1WH (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman makes a good point about the disaggregation of statistics. We are talkin...

Jeremy Browne | 554 cc51-2WH (Link to this contribution)

I shall, once I have finished this short section of my speech.

That offence attracts a mini...

Bob Russell | 554 c52WH (Link to this contribution)

Are those tariffs the same as those for someone carrying a gun?

Jeremy Browne | 554 c52WH (Link to this contribution)

I do not have that information available. I think that the policy has been developed to deal with...

Jeremy Browne | 554 c52WH (Link to this contribution)

A postcode-specific approach. We do not want police and crime commissioners to be only civil serv...

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