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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Apr 2021
Support for Asylum Seekers

"I am going to have to impose a time limit, beginning at four minutes and rapidly dropping to three minutes for people further down the list...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Apr 2021
Support for Asylum Seekers

"I now have to drop the time limit to three minutes...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Apr 2021
Support for Asylum Seekers

"Order...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Apr 2021
Support for Asylum Seekers

"Order. I am sorry to interrupt the flow of the hon. Lady, but to give the Minister a fair amount of time, can I ask her to bring her remarks to a conclusion?..."
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Written Question
Demonstrations: Clapham Common
Friday 26th March 2021

Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers reported being assaulted on 13 March 2021 in the course of the events linked to the event at Clapham Common that day; and how many people have subsequently been (a) arrested and (b) charged with offences that relate to assaulting a police officer.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

Information regarding how many officers were assaulted and the number of individuals arrested during the Sarah Everard vigil is an operational matter for the Metropolitan Police Service. They have informed the Home Office that 14 police officers reported being assaulted in the course of events, with five of these reporting injuries.

One person has been arrested for two of the assaults and no one has yet been charged.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Mar 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

"There is much in the Bill that I agree with, and much of that was set out by the Home Secretary in her opening remarks. I particularly agree with increasing the sentences for assaults on emergency workers to two years, which is an amendment I tabled back when the Assaults …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Mar 2021
Policing and Prevention of Violence against Women

"It is clearly unacceptable for any woman to feel unsafe walking the streets. Can I propose some practical measures that the Home Secretary might adopt? Can she introduce a fund to roll out much more CCTV around the country, which will help to make our streets safer for people and …..."
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Written Question
Offensive Weapons
Monday 1st March 2021

Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring into force the offence of threatening with an offensive weapon etc in a private place as provided for by section 52 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

We intend to commence this measure, along with other measures provided for by the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 relating to knives and corrosive products and substances, later this year. We paused commencement of the Act temporarily because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but we are working now to bring the Act fully in to force as soon as we can.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Feb 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

" The Government have made it clear that they want to change the law to make it easier and swifter to deport illegal immigrants, foreign national offenders and those making bogus claims for asylum. That is something that I fully support and the overwhelming majority of the country will support. …..."
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Written Question
Homicide: Gender Recognition
Wednesday 2nd December 2020

Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many murders there have been where the victim was recorded as being transgender in each year for which information is available.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

The Home Office collects data on homicide and murder offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, including the sex of victim. However, data on the gender identity of victims of murder is not collected centrally. Police forces may hold these data at the local level.

Information on homicide Offences recorded by the police are published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and can be found here:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/homicideinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2019