First, they will not be equal partners, because we are talking about a big service and a small service. Secondly, in the minds of some of our communities, the police and the fire service will become one and the same. They will have one boss, and there will be an anxiety that someone coming through the door to fix a smoke alarm might have a different agenda.
Policing and Crime Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lyn Brown
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 26 April 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Policing and Crime Bill.
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