The Home Office has responded to our report on the policing of protests ⬇️

The government's response reveals no plans to publish a new Hate Crime Strategy.

Read the response:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5804/cmse…

At Home Affairs Committee we are holding an Inquiry into non-contact sexual offences, looking at the escalation into serious sexual offences such as rape.

Pleased to see Minister Laura Farris MP agreeing on the importance of this Inquiry and on specialist units in police forces ⬇

📌We are now live at Home Affairs Committee looking into non-contact sexual offences.

💬We are hearing from the Minister for Victims and Safeguarding Laura Farris MP alongside representatives of the Police.

📺Watch live: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/37…

📢 Tomorrow we are looking into non-contact sexual offences.

We are hearing from representatives of the police and the Minister for Victims and Safeguarding, Laura Farris MP.

Watch live ⬇️
committees.parliament.uk/event/21218/fo…

On Wednesday we will be continuing our inquiry into non-contact sexual offences.

We'll be examining the response from police and Government, and considering what more can be done to prevent escalation.

Watch live from 9.30am on Wednesday 24 April ⬇️ committees.parliament.uk/event/21218/fo…

This week we heard about the concerning increase in the levels of violence and abuse towards retail workers.

Joanne Cairns from UsdawUnion explains why police support is important to retailers👇

Find out more on our website: committees.parliament.uk/event/21153/fo…

Today we heard about the concerning increase in the levels of violence and abuse towards retail workers.

Watch Paul Gerrard from the Co-op tell us about shop workers experiences of violence and abuse in stores👇

Find out more on our website: committees.parliament.uk/event/21153/fo…

Will making violence and abuse against retail workers a specific criminal offence work?

Tomorrow at 9.30am we're hearing from representatives of retail workers, wholesale workers, and the police to scrutinise the Government's proposed new law

Watch live: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/d8…

Following the Government's plans to make assaulting a shop worker a specific criminal offence, we're looking into the issue of increasing incidents of violence and abuse towards retail workers.

We published a report on this subject in 2021: committees.parliament.uk/publications/6…

Tomorrow, our Chair Diana Johnson DBE MP 🇬🇧🇺🇦🌈 is questioning the Prime Minister UK Prime Minister with other select committee chairs.

The Liaison Committee hearing will begin at 1pm, 26 March.

Watch on the UK Parliament YouTube channel, or on Parliament Live: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/4a…

At our evidence session earlier on the workplace culture in the Fire and Rescue Service, the Minister, Chris Philp MP, told us that the whole organisation needs to embrace cultural change and call out problems ⬇️

Watch the full session: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/aa…

🚨 Tomorrow, we're examining if any progress has been made on the values and culture within the Fire Service following reports of bullying and harassment 👇

committees.parliament.uk/event/21054/fo…

Witnesses:
CFO Justin Johnston QFSM
Kathryn Billing
Rob MacDougall
Rebecca Knox
Chris Philp MP
Home Office

🚨 For our inquiry on the workplace culture in the Fire and Rescue Service, we're taking evidence from Chris Philp MP, Chris Philp MP, Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire.

We'll also hear from leaders within the Fire Service 🚒

Find out more ⬇️
committees.parliament.uk/event/21054/fo…

Our Chair, Diana Johnson DBE MP 🇬🇧🇺🇦🌈 spoke in the UK House of Commons debate on public spending by the Home Office on asylum and migration ⬇️

We have written to James Cleverly🇬🇧, Home Office with key findings from our Police and Crime Commissioners inquiry.

The inquiry examined the impact that Police and Crime Commissioners had made in the decade since they were established.

Read the letter ⬇️
committees.parliament.uk/publications/4…

There's an Estimates day tomorrow, where MPs consider public spending by government departments. The Estimates being debated this week are for Department for Education and Home Office.

Get up to speed with our overview of revised government spending plans: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief….

Today, the @houseofcommons will consider the estimates of public spending by the Home Office on asylum and migration.

Watch live👇
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/b6…

Find out more about our work on asylum and migration:
committees.parliament.uk/committee/83/h…

In the final oral evidence session for our inquiry into Fraud, the Chair Diana Johnson DBE MP 🇬🇧🇺🇦🌈 asked the Minister for Security, Tom Tugendhat Tom Tugendhat to explain why the full replacement of Action Fraud was delayed ⬇️

Watch the whole session here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/73…

This morning at 9.30am we're continuing our inquiry on fraud.

We're taking evidence from Tom Tugendhat, Security Minister Home Office and government officials dealing with fraud and financial crime.

Watch on Parliament Live ⬇️
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/73…

Watch Tom Pursglove MP Tom Pursglove MP Minister for Legal Migration, talk about the responsibility of supporting asylum seekers as part of our inquiry into Asylum decision making and religious conversion ⬇️

Catch up on the full session:
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/87…