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Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Pay (23 Nov 2009)

David Hanson: Approximately £10,901,841,000(1) was paid in salary and wage costs for police forces in England and Wales in 2008-09. Information on the proportion paid to police officers and staff who earn more than £50,000 per annum is not available. (1) Figures taken from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) are 2008-09 provisional actuals.

Coroners and Justice Bill: Removal of limitation on warrants under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (12 Nov 2009)

David Hanson: I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 43.

Coroners and Justice Bill: Removal of limitation on warrants under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (12 Nov 2009)

David Hanson: Lords amendments 43 and 45 are proposed changes to section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, and the Government introduced them in another place. They were proposed as a result of late representations from the Scottish Crime and Drugs Enforcement Agency. The proposed changes are simply clarifying measures. They seek to make it absolutely clear that those working for law enforcement agencies...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Clause 35 — Contents of injunctions: supplemental (12 Nov 2009)

David Hanson: I shall try to answer some of the points that have been mentioned during the debate. I welcome the welcome that the two Opposition Front Benchers gave to the steps that the Government have taken. We have said that there will be a review, that it will be held in three years, that it will be undertaken by the Secretary of State and that the outcome of that review will be published to...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Clause 35 — Contents of injunctions: supplemental (12 Nov 2009)

David Hanson: I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 30.

Coroners and Justice Bill: Clause 35 — Contents of injunctions: supplemental (12 Nov 2009)

David Hanson: Members will, I hope, welcome the fact that the amendments proposed by the Government on gang injunctions are a result of having listened to the concerns expressed in debates in another place and of new issues that were raised there. Lords amendments 30 to 33, 35 and 37 have been proposed to limit the duration of the injunctions to a maximum period of two years. They will work in conjunction...

Coroners and Justice Bill: Authorisations of covert human intelligence sources: conditions (12 Nov 2009)

David Hanson: I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 1.

Coroners and Justice Bill: Authorisations of covert human intelligence sources: conditions (12 Nov 2009)

David Hanson: This new clause is related to provisions already in the Bill in clauses 6, 7 and 8. All the clauses are intended to facilitate the work of police collaborative units to ensure that where two or more police forces reach collaboration agreements in respect of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, the fact that investigative teams may comprise officers from different forces will not...