Jonathan Hinder

I particularly thank my hon. Friends the Members for Stevenage (Kevin Bonavia) and for Dagenham and Rainham (Margaret Mullane) for their support for police officers. I know that t…

I am so pleased that my hon. Friend mentioned that, as I briefly did earlier, because I do not mean to diminish the work of many federation representatives. There are many brillia…

I beg to move, That this House has considered the effectiveness of the Police Federation. I am pleased to speak under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I will start by briefly sharing s…

Does the hon. Member accept that, as she says, men are generally the ones who attack women and that, if we do not have single-sex spaces, predatory men will use circumstances that…

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I am not discussing that today, but the hon. Gentleman makes a valid point. Having diversity of options for officers could be useful in instances such as that. I thank the Nationa…

I would not dispute that one jot. The present national leadership say that “a transformed Federation is the best way to deliver effective representation” but I am afraid that offi…

The hon. Lady is outlining cases where the application of that guidance might be difficult. Does she think that it would be difficult for someone to determine whether I, given the…

I just want to put on the record how welcome it is to see the comments of the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar. It is fair to say that Scottish Labour has been on a bit of a jo…