Police: Financial Sustainability

The House appreciates that the Minister has met the leaders of all the police forces, but it is d...

First, I should make it clear that I did not speak just to police leaders. Whenever I visit a for...

That is desperate.

It is not desperate. Those are the stark economic facts that the coalition Government faced in 20...

Rubbish.

It is not rubbish. [Hon. Members: “Yes, it is.”] The state of the public finances is a matter of ...

The Minister is right to mention the vital role that police and crime commissioners play in budge...

My right hon. Friend has made an important point. We introduced police and crime commissioners, a...

England’s most senior police officer, Cressida Dick, said yesterday that the police were now

The right hon. Gentleman has raised an extremely important point. One of the clear messages that ...

Policing should always be a spending priority for a Conservative Government. I have voted against...

My hon. Friend is a great and long-standing champion of the police, and I have great respect for ...

The most expensive way to fund policing is through the mechanism of overtime, which is now at its...

Like most Labour Members, the right hon. Gentleman remains in complete denial of economic reality...

I pay tribute to the hard-working police force of Avon and Somerset, which is making changes in i...

I do agree, and that £460 million includes an additional £8 million for Avon and Somerset, which ...

The former permanent secretary at the Home Office has acknowledged that the funding formula for p...

I say to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, as I have said publicly, that the appropr...

In God’s own town of Lymington a robber was captured but had to be released because there was no ...

We do; I agree and totally accept the argument that we need more resources for the police, which ...

With 2,000 police officers cut in the West Midlands, crime is soaring, violent crime by 59%. Comm...

The hon. Gentleman and I have had many exchanges over the year about West Midlands Police and I h...

My right hon. Friend has already mentioned the 100 new police officers for West Mercia that John-...

I join my hon. Friend in welcoming the initiative of West Mercia’s police and crime commissioner ...

Opposition Members all know the impact of this Government’s cuts on police officers—they are havi...

I wholly agree about the hard work police officers do—[Interruption.] They are extremely stretche...

Tomorrow evening there will be a public meeting in Glastonbury at which residents from across the...

I thank my hon. Friend for that insight. I completely understand this point as I have had many re...

The appalling murder of Nicholas Churton last year in my constituency highlighted deficiencies in...

I understand exactly the point the hon. Gentleman makes and I hope he can take some assurance—the...

It is pointless having an independent pay panel if its findings are ignored. This summer, I had t...

I understand the point my hon. Friend makes about the police remuneration board. It is hard not t...

My local police force, Suffolk constabulary, is the third lowest funded police force in England p...

The hon. Gentleman and I have had a number of exchanges over the last year about Suffolk policing...

My right hon. Friend is aware of the excellent work being done by Lincolnshire police to keep us ...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend and to all those who have been absolutely assiduous in making rep...

The Minister talks a lot about seeking evidence, and he has rightly praised Avon and Somerset pol...

The hon. Lady ignores the fact that Avon and Somerset is receiving an additional £8 million this ...

I know that the Minister cares deeply about these issues. The Chair of the Public Accounts Commit...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on being absolutely assiduous in making representations to me about...

Over the summer, I spent a day with officers at Stretford police station, and I have to tell the ...

As ever, the hon. Lady makes an extremely good point. She is absolutely right, and the shadow Hom...

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s commitment to ensuring that the police have the powers they need...

My hon. Friend has been assiduous in registering his concerns to the House and the Government abo...

Further to the answer that the Minister gave to the hon. Member for Wells (James Heappey), and ac...

I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point. It is a prime responsibility of the Government to look a...

I am grateful to the Minister for the engagement that he has shown with Lincolnshire police and f...

I have received assiduous representations on that point from Lincolnshire MPs, the chief constabl...

The chief constable of Bedfordshire, Jon Boutcher, told me this morning that in his 35 years as a...

I am in regular contact with Bedfordshire’s chief constable and the police and crime commissioner...

The Minister will know that Derbyshire’s police are particularly unfairly treated by the formula,...

I thank Derbyshire for its pragmatic, constructive approach to some of the challenges we face. My...

May I pay tribute to the bravery of the police officers in Humberside who ran towards a serious i...

The hon. Lady talks about financial resources. I have already taken steps that have led to an add...

I will continue to lobby for more funds for West Midlands police, but this is not just about cash...

I would be delighted to accept that analysis, and I totally recognise the work that my hon. Frien...

Like many of my colleagues, I recently spent a day shadowing Greater Manchester police in my cons...

I understand the truth of the messages that the hon. Lady has received, because I have heard exac...

Our police forces have never had to work harder. They are working more efficiently than ever in t...

I completely understand my hon. Friend’s point. I also fully appreciate the frustration and, in p...

With a 59% increase in violent crime, a 70% increase in murders and an increase in occasions when...

We have already touched on the west midlands, and the hon. Gentleman and I have had meetings abou...

When the Minister took the time to attend our special seminar on the long-distance county lines d...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on convening that meeting about county lines. The fact that it ...

rose—

rose—

Well—

Two Whips, Mr Speaker.

Indeed. I call Chris Elmore.

South Wales police have seen a 30% cut in central Government funding since 2010 and faced a 12% c...

I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point about Cardiff, because he has made it to me before, and I...

Greater Manchester police have lost 2,000 officers—a quarter of their strength—in the past eight ...

I challenge the hon. Gentleman’s premise. I want to see police officers focused on core policing ...