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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Them too, sometimes.

Off-road bikers often go where the police cannot. Will the Home Office look into the possibility of resources, agreement and licensing to enable drones to be used to help us to tackle the problem?..."
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Speech in General Committees - Wed 20 Jul 2016
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) Order 2016

"My colleague on the Front Bench, my hon. Friend the Member for Swansea East, said the ACMD is not keeping up with its workload and suggested a temporary funding boost to make sure it does that work as quickly as possible, given the difficulties we see across the country with …..."
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Written Question
Home Office: Food
Wednesday 1st June 2016

Asked by: Nick Smith (Labour - Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual budget is for food produced for her Department's offices; and what proportion of food produced for her Department was sourced from British producers in the last period for which figures are available.

Answered by Karen Bradley

The Home Office does not set a budget for food produced for its offices. Catering services are provided by private companies under contract at Home Office buildings and provided to staff without subsidy. Details of the proportion of food produced for the Home Office that was sourced from British producers could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Written Question
Home Office: Dairy Products
Wednesday 11th May 2016

Asked by: Nick Smith (Labour - Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of dairy products procured for her Department was sourced from British producers in the latest period for which figures are available.

Answered by Karen Bradley

We estimate that at least 90% of dairy products procured across the Home Office estate is sourced from British producers.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Oct 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"1. What modelling has been conducted by her Department on the potential effect on individual police forces of proposed changes to the police funding formula...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Oct 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"In 2013-14, just 22% of the 7.3 million emergency and priority incidents that the police responded to were crime-related. The police are being asked to shoulder the workload caused by cuts in other Departments, and the Public Accounts Committee has stated that the Home Office has no data about that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 May 2015
Home Affairs and Justice

"I commend the hon. Member for South Thanet (Craig MacKinlay), who made an excellent maiden speech. He has had a bumpy but successful journey here. Like him, I welcome the measures in the Queen’s Speech to ban psychoactive drugs. Mephedrone is a bane in south Wales. I have campaigned on …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Jan 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"5. When she next plans to meet the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Jan 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Recent National Audit Office figures have shown that the Government’s border management and immigration policies have not stopped 10,649 foreign national offenders sitting in British prisons. One of the Home Secretary’s predecessors lost his job over this issue. A year on from the Department’s latest plan of action on this …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Apr 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. What recent progress she has made on tackling crime and antisocial behaviour arising from alcohol abuse...."
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