David Lammy: London Metropolitan University is a company limited by guarantee under the Companies Acts. As such the Secretary of State has no powers to intervene in how London Metropolitan University chooses to operate its employment policies.
Mr John Wheeler: Will my hon. Friend confirm that when the Home Secretary meets the new Commissioner of the Metropolitan police he will ask him to ensure that there is a clearly stated policy within the Metropolitan police area for the control of burglary and auto crime, and that the small minority of offenders who persistently commit large numbers of such offences is targeted?
Kris Hopkins: .... Such visits also need to be viewed alongside the visits that other members of the Ministerial team have made, and the published list of meetings with external organisations. 2013 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council area on 21 January 2013, growth policy London Borough of Enfield area on 22 January 2013, political Cheshire West and Chester Unitary authority area on 1-2...
Elliot Morley: All the local authorities that responded to the Environment Minister's letters dated 19 September 2002 and 7 April 2003 described their various policies for purchasing timber. Some authorities were in the process of reviewing their policies and others reported plans to undertake reviews or were considering making such plans. The authorities that responded are listed as follows: Amber Valley...
Dr Jack Cunningham: I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way, especially since he has just given the "average" of the single Tory authority in the metropolitan districts under Conservative control. Is not the real message of what he has said that overwhelmingly in the metropolitan districts in England the Tories have been kicked from office because people do not like their policies?
Mr William Molloy: Is my right hon. Friend aware that the trend towards increasing numbers in the Metropolitan Police, small though it is, is very welcome? Has he heard of the proposal, apparently from the Leader of the Tory GLC, that the Metropolitan Police should be put under the control of the GLC? Does my right hon. Friend know whether that is official Conservative policy or simply a maverick suggestion?
Lord Dholakia: My Lords, serious allegations have been made against the Metropolitan Police Commissioner about racial discrimination. Similar allegations have been made against a senior civil servant in the Home Office and against the Metropolitan Police Authority. Would it not be appropriate to invite the Equality and Human Rights Commission to mount a formal investigation into policies on retention,...
Stephen Timms: The available information is in the table. Community care grants in the Leeds metropolitan district area Initial awards 2001–02 2,475 2002–03 2,989 2003–04 3,217 2004–05 2,998 2005–06 (to November) 2,303 Notes: 1. Initial awards do not include awards made after review. 2. Data is held by Jobcentre Plus District, not by local authority. However, Leeds...
Lord Howarth of Newport: My Lords, the noble Baroness has raised a very important point about the resourcing of what I think is called the Arts and Antiques Unit of the Metropolitan Police. It is staffed by the most excellent people but with funding that is derisory. Perhaps the Minister will be able to tell us what the present state of affairs is, but not long ago that unit was actually obliged to raise its own...
Bridget Prentice: Is the Leader of the House aware that, when the House is prorogued next Thursday, there will have been no opportunity this year for a debate on the Metropolitan police in London? It has been traditional that the Home Secretary has come to the House to debate that subject so that hon. Members who represent London constituencies have the opportunity to ask him about his policy of financing the...
Mr Michael McGuire: ...by Labour Members will suffer. I come to the effect of these orders on England and Wales. I represent a constituency that is divided into three parts, the biggest of which is in the new metropolitan borough of Wigan. We shall be very badly done by as a result of the orders. I cannot understand why the metropolitan borough of Wigan has not been given special help to deal with its problems....
Owen Smith: ...they do not do so, because they accept that it would be unfair and lead to unintended consequences. We saw some such unintended consequences when the police looked into regional pay. In the London Metropolitan area, there was an agreement a few years ago to offer a much higher rate of pay to Metropolitan police officers. The unintended consequence was that officers transferred in droves...
Mr Eric Deakins: I shall be brief. Surely it is unprecedented in the history of Britain for one democratic body to seek to abolish another democratic body, for reasons of pure spite and dislike of the policies pursued by that body. That is particularly true of the Government's attitude to the GLC and is probably also true of their attitude to the metropolitan counties. Not only do the Government object to...
Ben Gummer: ...Department (1) if she will direct the Independent Police Complaints Commission to publish all documents in its possession relating to its investigation of Detective Constable John Davidson of the Metropolitan police; (2) what her policy is on the full disclosure of documents relating to the conduct of Detective Constable John Davidson of the Metropolitan police during the investigation...
Siân Berry: The latest data from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) shows the highest level of stop and search in more than eight years according to an article in The Times (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/metropolitan-police-stop -and-search-at-8-year-high-g6hwmqz59). How was such a high level of stop and search reached while we are all in lockdown, and what was MPS policy regarding conducting...
Mr Merlyn Rees: I understand that, but I do not accept the hon. Member's analogy. I accept that inflation has eroded pay for everyone and that differentials have been altered as a result of a strict pay policy. One of the differences between the Metropolitan Police and police forces in the provinces is that the latter have the problem of very little overtime. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police get...
Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent (a) the Metropolitan police and (b) other police forces are funded for the policing of major (i) commercial and (ii) non-commercial events; what Government funding for these purposes was identifiable for each force in the last year for which figures are available; and what the Government's policy is on achieving equity in...
Sadiq Khan: My London Plan requires green and open spaces to be protected and enhanced. Policy G3 sets out criteria for the assessment of proposals on Metropolitan Open Land, a designation that applies to Tooting Common. Boroughs, as the Local Planning Authority, are required to consider these policies in their determination of planning applications. Unless a proposal meets the thresholds for referral to...
Mr Samuel Viant: asked the Home Secretary whether he has received or will call for any report from the Metropolitan police authority regarding the extension of drinking hours and the added pressure placed upon the police during the late evening hours at the time of the Jubilee celebrations in 1935; and whether the policy the Metropolitan authority intends to adopt concerning extra drinking hours during the...
Mr Graham Page: .... Members who have spoken because I shall not be able to answer all their points before 11.30. I will do so by writing. The reason for the refusal of parish status to many of the areas within the metropolitan districts and metropolitan counties is the phrase used at the end of paragraph 1 of the guidelines, which says: The Government's further view, as explained in Parliament, is that...
