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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Maria Miller Excerpts
Monday 13th June 2016

(7 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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I do agree with the hon. Gentleman. He is absolutely right. I visited Spain when that operation was tackling the boiler room fraud that was going on in Spain, and only because of that co-operation and bilateral work, using European Union mechanisms, were we able to have such success in that operation.

Maria Miller Portrait Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke) (Con)
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There are currently 30 pieces of legislation being used against online crimes. There is clearly a need to consolidate and simplify offences, so that the legislation that is effective is more likely to be used to ensure justice. Will the Minister meet me to discuss this further? Important amendments tabled for debate this afternoon would provide part of the solution. We need far more co-ordination, and I am sure that the Minister would benefit from further discussions with other stakeholders on this issue.

Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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My right hon. Friend and I had a conversation about this earlier with reference to the debate that will happen later, and I am more than happy to meet her, with my noble Friend Baroness Shields, who has responsibility for digital security on the internet.