Police and Justice Bill

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Investment pays off in policing. Community police teams, of which we are very proud, have been created in north Wales. We are leading the way on that issue. We do not want the progress that has been made in north Wales to be undermined by any proposal being taken forward. I welcome the amendments and the continuing dialogue with the Home Office on this issue, and I look forward to receiving responses in due course from the new Minister to the concerns that I have expressed today.