Knife Crime

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Will the Minister give way?

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

That offence attracts a mini...

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

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

Postcode-specific.

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