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HANSARDPolice Grant ReportNo, I am not wrong. There are forces similar to Durham that will be in a better position. It has to be the case that financial decisions made by police and crime commissioners…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportHaving been, effectively, a police and crime commissioner in the past, I must tell the hon. Gentleman that the removal of the distinction between capital and revenue receipts and…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI beg to move, That the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2022–23 (HC 1084), which was laid before this House on 2 February, be approved. It gives me great pleasure to…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportAs my hon. Friend knows, we have been happy to fund Operation Boson, which has been dealing with serious and organised crime and drug dealing in and around Luton—which, as he…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportNo, I am going to finish, because we have to move on to other business. The hon. Member for Croydon Central (Sarah Jones) invariably presents a dystopian vision of our work on…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportGo on, I will give the right hon. Gentleman a second go.09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI am a bit perplexed by that. No, absolutely not. We are giving full flexibility. They can use the £10 if they want and if they do not they do not have to. All they have to do is…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportIt absolutely is—they had to make often difficult decisions about finances. I was one of those police and crime commissioners, so I know that prioritising police numbers within…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportBy the time we get to the end of the uplift programme, there will be a large number of forces who are above the number of police officers that they had in 2010. That will be a…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportNo, I have to move on. Police officers, whether new recruits or experienced hands with decades of service, perform a unique and vital role in our society. I must put on record how…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI will not. I am the first to admit that the fight against crime is always two steps forward and one step back—it is never a linear progression—but after this settlement, and…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI am not sure that the right hon. Gentleman’s logic is right. Absolutely not. If they want to raise the contribution by less than £10, they can. There is no problem with that and…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPolice Grant ReportI join my hon. Friend in congratulating Cheshire constabulary on their recruitment. I am told that they have recruited 149 officers to their complement, which is a fantastic…09 Feb 2022HANSARDDrug Use in PrisonsThe hon. Lady, as usual, gives a partial picture. She will know that reoffending rates now are lower than they ever were under the Labour party and we continue to make inroads…08 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate my hon. Friend and those organisations on their fantastic work. She is right that, if we are going to get ahead particularly of acquisitive crime, we have to look…08 Feb 2022HANSARDDrug Use in PrisonsMy hon. Friend has put his finger on the button. Too often in dealing with drugs we imagine there is a silver bullet, whereas in fact we need a suite of tools to attack both…08 Feb 2022HANSARDDrug Use in PrisonsBefore I begin, may I associate myself with the spontaneous expression of fealty by the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for Louth and Horncastle…08 Feb 2022HANSARDLaboratory Animals: Animal Welfare ActI am not aware of why we have not published the outcome of the consultation. Section 24, however, only blocks public officials from releasing information given in confidence, and…07 Feb 2022HANSARDLaboratory Animals: Animal Welfare ActNo, I am just drawing to a close. Finally, I urge hon. Members to recognise that it is possible both to be an animal lover and to accept the need for experimentation on animals,…07 Feb 2022HANSARDLaboratory Animals: Animal Welfare ActIt is a pleasure to appear before you, Mr Paisley. I thank the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day) for securing the debate, as well as all Members who have…07 Feb 2022