Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill

I was not in the Chamber yesterday, so may I welcome the Minister to his new post and let him kno...

Is the hon. Lady’s submission to the House that more focus should be on certain cultural or ethni...

The hon. Gentleman needs to differentiate services that protect women from violence and specialis...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Government new clause 28—Court an...

I will first deal with the Government’s proposals, although I am aware that hon. Members will wis...

The Minister is making important points about ensuring that people are able to pay. As I understa...

I am conscious that at various times there have been difficulties with the practicalities of the ...

I, with my hon. Friend the Member for Foyle (Mark Durkan), tabled amendment 95. Does the Minister...

As I said, I think it would be sensible, for the purposes of the debate and the convenience of th...

Order. I note the spirit in which the Minister of State made his remarks, but the hon. Member for...

I rise to speak on two matters; first, briefly, on enhanced fees. We are not opposed to the princ...

As the hon. Gentleman will hear if I have a chance to say a word, I am very supportive of what he...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention; he is of course right.

We s...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate and to follow the opening comments.

I thoroughly s...

Go on!

It is nice to be encouraged by the Whips to speak at greater length, but I am sure we have enough...

I will be brief; because of the odd timetable we have for the Bill, there is not much time to deb...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his work on this issue over many years; it is a great tribut...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely correct. However heinous the crime, however vile the accusation ...

I wish to refer to one of those cases. The Cardiff Three, who were accused of a non-terrorism cri...

Absolutely. I recall that campaign very well. Although I was not centrally involved in it, I cert...

I apologise to you, Mr Speaker, to the Minister and to colleagues because I had to slip out brief...

I, too, rise to speak to amendment 95, to which my name is attached, along with that of the hon. ...

I will support amendment 184, or, failing that, amendment 95.

Clause 143 in its present for...

I am grateful to be called, Mr Speaker. Thank you for letting me speak in the debate. I appreciat...

This has been a serious debate, appropriately, because these are serious issues. Having listened ...

Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that, although there has been a challenge in respect of the c...

I will come to the Adams case in a moment, if the hon. Lady will be patient.

Many disappoin...

Although this issue is being dealt with very carefully, there is clearly a difference of view, an...

I am happy to continue to engage in the discussions that the Departments have been having with th...

I hope the right hon. Gentleman recognises that the wording of amendment 95 reiterates the wordin...

Yes, indeed, and I have addressed directly the cases the hon. Lady raised.

We are returning...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

New clause 16—Control of new psyc...

I propose to run through the Government amendments in this group briskly, so that other Members c...

I wish to speak to new clauses 27, 26 and 16 and, given the time available, I will do so as quick...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Having taken several interventions yesterday, I say with great regret that, because of the time a...

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I will not give way, because of the time that I have available.

In conclusion, I recognise ...

I know that the hon. Member for Stockport (Ann Coffey) and other hon. Members wish to speak, so I...

I want to say a few words on new clause 34. I thank the hon. Member for Monmouth (David T. C. Dav...

I shall be very brief as we are short of time, and I know that my hon. Friend the Member for Camb...

I shall do my best to be brief to allow the Minister time to respond to the debate.

I welco...

I am grateful. I shall be brief.

On new clause 26, as I said in Committee, I entirely agree...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

New clause 6—Dog number control n...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate and to move this new clause, which stands in the names o...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the families and loved ones of victims who have been injured o...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I have read the comments that he made in Committ...

I commend my hon. Friend and those who tabled new clause 3, which would improve the Bill. May I a...

I thank my hon. Friend, who has an abiding interest in this issue, for that most helpful interven...

May I draw the hon. Gentleman’s attention to new clause 19, which appears in my name and that of ...

The hon. Gentleman makes a sensible and helpful point. I recognise the sense of what he says.

My hon. Friend is making an excellent case for new clause 3. Does he agree that one of the succes...

I thank my hon. Friend for that helpful reference to the situation in Scotland. Given that the ex...

My hon. Friend has eloquently set out the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s respons...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for putting that sensible view on the record. Of course, I am sym...

In the many months since the Government brought forward their provisional proposals, they have fa...

We wait with bated breath to see whether the new Minister has now been convinced.

I rise to speak to new clause 19 and amendments 97 to 99, which I and my hon. Friend the Member f...

We have all heard the tragic tales of those who have been injured or even killed by dogs that are...

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Order. I will not impose a time limit, but we must finish by 4.30 pm and we need 10 minutes for t...

I rise to address amendment 133 tabled in my name, which looks specifically at extending the Bill...

I shall speak to new clause 18, which is in my name and those of my hon. Friends. Rightly, there ...

I strongly support what my hon. Friend is saying. While delivering leaflets during the previous g...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I am sure his experience is shared by a lot of hon....

I rise to speak to amendments 140 and 141 in my name, which would increase the maximum sentence t...

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If the hon. Gentleman does not mind, I will not give way, because others want to get in.

I ...

I want to speak specifically to new clause 6, other new clauses in my name and some of the amendm...

What the hon. Lady says about the number of animals sometimes kept in the home is extremely impor...

I want to say more about that. I agree with the hon. Lady, but the issue does not apply only to s...

It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Bolton West (Julie Hilling). I am sure that she spo...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I am sorry, but I will not, because of the time.

Another important provision, which has not...

Is it not true that, if we legislate specifically to require dog owners to put guards on their le...

It is important that the Government consult carefully on all these things. We do not want to intr...

In November four years ago, my constituent, John Paul Massey, was killed by a dog in Wavertree. H...

I welcome what the Government are doing. It is quite brave. Dealing with any topic such as this o...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No.

We all know the problem is irresponsible dog owners, and the Government’s raft of propo...

I join my hon. Friend in commending Lord de Mauley for his speed in DEFRA. We are just looking fo...

Absolutely. Progress has been made and the Government listened to our Committee debates. I was su...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Poole (Mr Syms) and it was good to hear him speaki...

I support the Government’s gradualist and sensible approach and I urge the Minister to resist new...

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I had better not give way, because I do not want Mr Deputy Speaker to set his dogs of war on me. ...

We have had a good wide-ranging debate. In the time left available to me, I will try as always to...

Will the Minister acknowledge that, as the legislation is currently drafted, individuals will sti...

I want to address that point. Only this month the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affa...

I am concerned about the term “owner”, because the person in control of the dog in the park might...

The provision might specify the person in control of the dog, so if I have that wrong I will corr...

Will the Minister give way?

I will give way one more time.

It is not just the Opposition who are making those points; so too are many experienced organisati...

The shadow Minister made that point in his opening remarks. I have not been a Home Office Ministe...

Does the Minister recognise that sometimes it is not the attacks themselves that cause anxiety bu...

I do recognise that. That is a good reason why it is better to have flexible, general legislation...

Will the Minister give way?

I must not, because I have lots of people to try to reply to. I am sorry.

I hope that I hav...

I have listened carefully to the Minister, but I am afraid I remain unconvinced and we will press...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

I take the opportunity to welcome ...

The Minister will know very well that responsibility for policing and justice was devolved to the...

I am happy to assure the hon. Lady that, throughout the passage of the Bill and on many other mat...

The Minister says he hopes the charities and so on get behind the Bill. It is not too late for hi...

I sense the hon. Lady is trying to lure me into a debate she has just had with my hon. Friend the...

We had a slightly truncated debate on that earlier. The Home Secretary has rightly expressed conc...

The sensible thing to do is to wait for Mr Anderson’s report and then decide what changes, if any...

The Minister says that the Bill was improved in Committee and on the Floor of the House. While I ...

I am conscious of my hon. Friend’s particular constituency interest, which he has pursued diligen...

I thank the Minister for thanking me for my service as shadow spokesperson on police. It is a pri...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch). She has don...

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Order. There are two Members left to speak. Given that the debate will end at 5.30 pm, I hope tha...

I am sure that we can do that, Madam Deputy Speaker. It seems positively generous, given some of ...

I do not wish to detain the House for any great period. I had the great privilege and honour of s...

We had to wait and wait impatiently for years for the Labour party to introduce ASBOs in Northern...

I hear what the hon. Lady says, but the breach rates among teenagers have in some places reached ...