Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill 2024-25: Progress of the bill
An overview of the progress of the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill through the House of Commons prior to report stage.
Use of stop and search
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on the use of stop and search on 12 March 2025. The debate will be opened by Saqib Bhatti MP.
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-25
The Crime and Policing Bill would introduce a range of measures aimed at addressing anti-social behaviour, sexual offences, knife crime, radicalisation and much more.
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Debate Pack
Anti-social behaviour and illegal use of off-road bikes
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on anti-social behaviour and illegal use of off-road bikes on 5 March 2025. The debate will be opened by Antonia Bance MP.
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Research Briefing
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill 2024-25
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill 2024-25 makes provisions to identify, prevent and deter fraud and error, and enable the recovery of debt, both in the public sector and in the benefits system.
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Research Briefing
Knives, offensive weapons and serious violence
Information on knife crime in England and Wales: possession offences, rules for retailers and efforts to prevent serious violence.
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Debate Pack
Social housing tenants and antisocial behaviour
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on social housing tenants and antisocial behaviour on 8 January 2025. The debate will be opened by Lee Anderson MP.
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Research Briefing
Police powers: Protests
An overview of legislation, guidance and debates related to the policing of protests.
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Insight
A new specific offence of assaulting a shopworker
The government’s proposed new offence would be part of the Crime and Policing Bill announced in the King’s Speech, but it hasn’t yet been introduced to Parliament.
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Research Briefing
Misuse of drugs: regulation and enforcement
Current UK legislation to control drugs, the enforcement of drug laws and calls for reform to the classification of drugs in the UK.
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Debate Pack
Tackling violence against women and girls
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on tackling violence against women and girls on 27 November 2024. The debate will be opened by Apsana Begum MP.
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Debate Pack
Police use of live facial recognition technology
A Westminster Hall debate on police use of live facial recognition technology is scheduled for Wednesday 13 November 2024, opened by Sir John Whittingdale MP.
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Research Briefing
Police and Crime Commissioners
What Police and Crime Commissioners do, how they work with police forces and how they are held to account.
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Insight
Policing response to the 2024 summer riots
The police and the wider criminal justice system have responded swiftly to identify, charge and prosecute those involved in rioting in the UK this summer.
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Policing and protests
Parliament has introduced new offences to manage protests. This approach has come under scrutiny due to protests about the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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