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MPs to hold debate on knife crime | MPs to hold debate on knife crime |
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MPs are to hold a special debate on knife crime, after a 15-year-old girl was found dead in south London. | MPs are to hold a special debate on knife crime, after a 15-year-old girl was found dead in south London. |
Thursday's 90-minute "topical debate" was announced hours after the girl was found stabbed to death in a lift on a housing estate in Lambeth. | Thursday's 90-minute "topical debate" was announced hours after the girl was found stabbed to death in a lift on a housing estate in Lambeth. |
She is the 16th teenager to be fatally attacked in London this year. A man has been arrested over her death. | |
On Sunday anti-gun crime campaigner Pat Regan was stabbed to death in the Hyde Park area of Leeds. | On Sunday anti-gun crime campaigner Pat Regan was stabbed to death in the Hyde Park area of Leeds. |
Weekly topical debates were introduced in the Commons last year, following recommendations by the Commons modernisation committee - they address "issues of regional, national or international importance". | Weekly topical debates were introduced in the Commons last year, following recommendations by the Commons modernisation committee - they address "issues of regional, national or international importance". |
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