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This week on the Home Affairs Select Committee I was able to raise questions about police efficiencies with senior Home Office officials. As the government increases investment to put 13,000 extra police on the streets it’s important that local policing teams have the systems in place to support them. I also raised my concerns about recruitment issues in the Metropolitan Police. | Margaret Mullane for Dagenham and Rainham

This morning the Home Affairs Select Committee explored the Modern Slavery Act 2015 ten years on. I had the opportunity to ask about the challenges in the judicial system and how law enforcement works to support outcomes on modern slavery cases. | Margaret Mullane for Dagenham and Rainham

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I know the impact abstractions have on community safety in Dagenham and Rainham, that is why today I posed a question about this issue to police as part of the Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry into the Summer 2024 Disorder. | Margaret Mullane for Dagenham and Rainham

Today’s Home Affairs Select Committee gave members the opportunity to question Tom Crowther KC regarding the implementation of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. One of my questions was about how the availability of good quality data can help tackle misinformation. | Margaret Mullane for Dagenham and Rainham