Can you provide details of the £3 billion investment, specifically how much is allocated to each police force for vetting improvements?

How does the internal review on police dismissals contribute to addressing systemic failures in misconduct processes?

What measures will the Government take to prevent similar cases of misconduct from occurring in future?

How will the Government respond to concerns about misogyny in policing raised by Baroness Casey?

The MP expressed deep concerns over failures in police vetting and misconduct processes, highlighting specific cases of inadequate responses to serious allegations. She criticised the Home Secretary's statement as weak and insufficient given the scale of problems across various forces.

The MP asked for details on how the Angiolini inquiry would address recent issues, expressing frustration over repeated reviews without concrete action. She urged the Home Secretary to consider statutory requirements to hold forces accountable.

I thank the Home Secretary for her statement and I put on record the SNP’s tribute to the victims in this case for their bravery in the face of ongoing trauma. The charges that have been brought against David Carrick are incredibly disturbing—49 charges, including 24 counts of rape against 12 women over two decades, with accounts of domestic violence and coercive control. Through that, the Met has sought to protect its own, which is also incredibly disturbing and has led the former Victims’ Commissioner Dame Vera Baird to question the commitment to culture change at Scotland Yard. It has been reported that the Met is checking back through 1,633 cases of alleged sexual offences involving 1,071 officers in the past decade. What retrospective action does the Home Secretary expect from that review? How does she intend to ensure that the review is thoroughly carried out?

The most worrying aspect of this is the culture of cover-up and complacency that has allowed such abuse to happen on an industrial scale by certain individuals—in this case, for 17 years. When the new Met Commissioner appeared before the Home Affairs Committee, we were encouraged that he expressed his determination to root out that mindset and those offenders. I ask the Home Secretary to comment specifically on his queries and concerns, however, about the difficulty of sacking officers; about why professional standards are not investigating more of those cases; that it is not suitable to put officers who have been accused of serious offences on to light duties—they should be fully suspended—and that there should be a duty of care for whistleblowing. What urgent action will she now take on those issues to restore some confidence, particularly in the Met and especially among women?

This case, which has rightly shocked the nation, is yet another appalling example of systematic failures within the police to confront male violence against women and girls, and the sexist culture that exists within the police. Again and again, the Home Affairs Committee has heard evidence of how weak or non-existent vetting and misconduct processes have allowed violent male officers to continue harassing and abusing women—not just in London, but in forces across the country. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has made specific demands of the Home Secretary in relation to changes to the dismissal of officers, so could she update the House as to what she is going to do about those specific requests?

Here we are again—it feels like groundhog day—questioning one of the Ministers in a Government I support about the culture within the Metropolitan Police Service. What is going to change? I listened carefully to the Home Secretary as she listed the new offences that this Government are putting on the statute book for protecting women and combatting male violence against women and girls, but the real challenge is the culture towards women that exists within our police service and throughout our criminal justice system. Can I just repeat the question asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for Witham (Priti Patel): when are we really going to fully use statutory power to protect women from male violence?

I completely agree with the very strong questioning put by the shadow Home Secretary. I also have two questions. The first is about timing. As hon. Members have said, successive Metropolitan Police Commissioners have complained that the regulations this House has put in place prevent them from sacking officers who they know are unfit to be in the Metropolitan police, so that puts a responsibility on us to change those regulations. Can I suggest that the Home Secretary brings forward draft regulations, and let us consult not in the overall generality of a review, but on those specific draft regulations? We will be 100% behind her when she brings to the House changed regulations. The second point about Sir Mark Rowley and the response to the Carrick situation is that this is not just about change in the future, but about dealing with the individuals who are currently in senior and management positions in the Met who seemed to think it was all right for Carrick to be given extra responsibilities and to be promoted. The management suitability of those officers really ought to be examined by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, and we need a bit of transparency about that.

I think Sir Mark Rowley’s statement yesterday was pathetic. It was a statement of the blindingly obvious, and anybody can say sorry for what has gone on. This is an absolute scandal, and I wish to support what the Mother of the House has just said.

Who will be conducting the internal review, when will it report, and will the Home Secretary ensure that previous Metropolitan Police Commissioners will also give evidence to it?

May I mirror the Home Secretary’s comments and pay tribute to the victims of David Carrick? Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is important to support Sir Mark Rowley in his quest to get rid of the rot in the culture of the Metropolitan police?

My respect goes out to the brave women who have come forward, but women should not need to be brave. The system should protect them and believe them when they speak out.

David Carrick is now one of the UK’s most prolific rapists, and he did that while serving as a police officer.

I too commend the bravery of the women involved in this case, but some of them would not have needed to be brave if action had been taken. As a former police officer I am disgusted and ashamed by what I have heard.

We hear reported on the BBC that this monster, David Carrick, perpetrated a campaign of terror against his “girlfriends”. He put drugs in the car, he restrained people with police handcuffs.

Yesterday, when the Education Secretary was asked on the radio if the Government could say that women could trust the police, she replied: “It’s very important that we do trust the police.” I think that is a no. We cannot have a situation where women who would ordinarily turn to the police to rescue them from dangerous situations—whether out on the street, domestic violence or as the victim of abuse—feel that they cannot trust the person from whom they might seek help and that they might be violated by them.

This case has once again highlighted the terrible internal processes in our police forces and the inability of people to speak up in a culture that actively works against their doing so. So many police officers will not raise issues with fellow officers because they fear for their jobs and their employment.

There are many similarities between the experience of women in the Met police and women in the armed forces. Both are organisations in which we should have complete faith, but both organisations have failed to act on many occasions where there have been situations of misogyny.

We operate on a model of policing by consent, and I am afraid that too many people—especially women and girls—will be saying, “I don’t consent. I don’t agree to this model of policing in the country any more.” This is just the latest example of what we have seen in the Met.

As a former detective inspector in the Metropolitan police, I, like everyone, am shocked, revulsed and horrified to hear of the abhorrent crimes of PC Carrick and the failure of the Metropolitan police and other police services, which allowed those crimes to go undetected and unprosecuted for almost 20 years.

Women in Stroud and around the country have woken up with their trust and belief in our police service badly shaken yet again. From speaking to local women, I know that issues in the Met undermine their confidence in Stroud police.

The Home Secretary just mentioned that she wants women and girls to come forward with allegations of rape. The charge rate for rape is 1.5%. That means the vast majority of cases never go to court, let alone secure a conviction.

The first allegation of serious sexual assault was made against David Carrick in 2003. Over the course of the next 18 years, there were eight or nine allegations of rape. Through all that, he was not suspended from work.

Women in Lancashire have seen the consequences of inadequate vetting processes when officers move between forces. They want to know why there is no legal requirement for such vetting and are concerned about perpetrators moving around the country to avoid justice.

The case of Benjamin Hannam, a police officer recruited despite being part of a banned extremist group, highlights the need for better pre-employment checks and improved vetting processes.

Police officers must be appropriately vetted across all forces. Bristol's women want assurance that their police force is properly regulated.

Chief constables are frustrated by their inability to dismiss unfit officers easily. There is a need to revise dismissal procedures.

There is a need for consequences and accountability for enablers in police forces who protect abusers.

How many potentially dangerous officers are in forces across the country? The Home Secretary said that David Carrick had been recruited before tightened rules were introduced.

Mark Rowley faces deep-rooted problems in the Metropolitan Police, including failures to properly investigate threats and controlling behaviour against senior officers.

There are two aspects of the problematic culture within police forces: casual misogyny and institutional denial. The focus should be on prevention.

David Carrick was a Metropolitan police officer, but many of his crimes were perpetrated in Hertfordshire. Will the Home Secretary say whether the actions or inaction of Hertfordshire police will be looked at as part of any review? May I press her to confirm that she will introduce the vetting of officers when they transfer between forces and look into outsourcing disciplinary actions?

Sadiq Khan called for a report on what would be done regarding misconduct, but the former commissioner walked out. Is it time to move disciplinary matters away from the police force concerned and allow women to report to an independent service without fear?

This issue is not just about policing but also about societal issues, safeguarding and professional misjudgments. Will the Home Secretary raise with her Cabinet colleagues the need for safeguarding to cut across all policy areas?

Trust in the police is essential for the justice system. Although trust has broken down, there are many decent policemen and policewomen. How does the Home Secretary intend to ensure that all local forces implement lessons learned from the Met to restore confidence?