Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 20 Jul 2022
Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme
"My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register and beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper...."Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 20 Jul 2022
Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme
"My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that Answer. The original business case said that the cost of the programme would be £5 billion. We are now talking about £11.3 billion and delivery probably nine or 10 years later. This was cutting-edge technology that would, we were always …..."Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 20 Jul 2022
Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme
"My Lords, the noble Lord opposite talked about the importance of text in this, but what is actually crucial in an emergency situation is voice communication at the point concerned. The worry that many within the emergency services have is that that is being treated as secondary to text and …..."Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 04 Apr 2022
Nationality and Borders Bill
"My Lords, I intervene briefly in support of the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and the remarks made by my noble friend Lady Lister. In doing so, I declare my interest as chair of the General Dental Council. In that capacity, I had a meeting with the British Dental Association earlier …..."Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 28 Mar 2022
Police and Crime Commissioners: Budget
"My Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. Of course, it is to be commended that the Government are putting more resources into police numbers, but that is only to reverse the cuts that they themselves made. Can the Minister tell us how many of those who are …..."Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 24 Mar 2022
Daniel Morgan Independent Panel Report
"My Lords, I refer to my policing interests in the register. I hope there is no satisfaction within the Metropolitan Police that the inspectorate has not confirmed the findings of the independent inquiry that the force is institutionally corrupt—although the inspectorate has said that it is not yet in a …..."Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2022
Ukraine: Urgent Refugee Applications
"My Lords, the whole House recognises that the noble Baroness the Minister is a very empathetic person, and she is quite clear about her sincerity in trying to help refugees from Ukraine. However, the Minister for Justice in Ireland today met Ukrainian refugees arriving in that country and ushered them …..."Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 08 Mar 2022
Nationality and Borders Bill
"My Lords, I refer to my interests in this matter in the register. In the event of the Government’s having advice that they proceed with this, whom do they envisage will carry out these dental X-rays? If they are doing so without the consent of the person concerned, will that …..."Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 16th December 2021
Asked by:
Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money was allocated to the Places of Worship: protective security funding scheme in each of the years since it was announced; how much money was spent in each of the years since it was announced; how many applications for funding were received in each of those years; and how many of those applications were successful in full or in part.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford
- Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme is available in England and Wales. For the 2021/2022 round, £3.5 million was announced. Applications closed on 16th July, and applicants will be informed of the outcome of their application in due course.
For the first three years of the scheme £2.4 million was announced over three years; with £800,000 available each year.
For the 2016/2017 round we received 286 eligible applications for funding, of which 53 were successful, and we allocated £435,466.
For the 2017/2018 round we received 57 eligible applications for funding, of which 36 were successful, and we allocated £440,203.
For the 2018/2019 round we received 88 eligible applications for funding, of which 45 were successful, and we allocated £806,281.
For the 2019/2020 round, £1.6 million was announced. We received 376 eligible applications, of which 49 were successful, and we allocated £1,718,763.
For the 2020/2021 round, £3.2 million was announced. We received 243 eligible applications, of which 58 were successful, and we allocated £1,704,237.
All successful applicants to the scheme are deemed as successful in full.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Metropolitan Police: Stephen Port Murders Inquest
"My Lords, we all take extremely seriously the findings of this inquest, but could the noble Baroness tell us what steps are in place within the Metropolitan Police, or any other police service in the country, to ensure that when there are adverse findings, as there were in the case …..."Lord Harris of Haringey - View Speech
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