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Hello, I'm Susan Hume and this is the Today in Parliament podcast from Monday the 10th of March.

Coming up, the Home Secretary promises the government's crime and policing legislation will make us safer.

No one should be left to live in fear because of crime and antisocial behaviour in their communities.

Also, there are blood-curdling warnings about the risk of cyber attacks on the UK

and about the cost of recruiting cyber warriors to our side.

No doubt you'll get the headlines about some expert being paid more than the Prime Minister.

We're going to live with that.

I can assure you that will need to be the case.

And MPs debate calls for a five-year halt to all immigration.

The scale of migration is so great now that it is impossible to build sufficient houses to meet demand.

But first, the government's flagship crime and policing bill has passed its first stage in the Commons,

with the Home Secretary promising it was designed to provide safety and security for everyone.

The bill, which largely affects England and Wales, includes dozens of new criminal offences.

It runs to more than 300 pages and covers issues from fly-tipping to terrorism.

Opening the debate, the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper highlighted some of the changes.

Put police back on the beat, introduced the respect orders, the action on off-road bikes, shoplifting, street theft, stalking, spiking, grooming and child abuse on knife sales, terrorism and serious crime, stronger action against criminals, stronger support for victims, restoring respect for the rule of law and police to our streets.

She blamed the previous Conservative government for eroding police numbers

and for actions such as categorising shoplifting below £200 as low value.

Yvette Cooper said that sent a message both to police and criminals.

It became a Tory shoplifter's charter,

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