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HANSARD Policing: SomersetMy hon. Friend the Member for Bridgwater and West Somerset (Mr Liddell-Grainger) has been in this place for 18 years and we know him to be a tireless champion of the interests of…25 Mar 2019HANSARDPolice EquipmentThe Government are committed to giving the police the tools they need to do their job effectively and ensuring that officers’ access to specialist equipment such as conducted…28 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I could not agree more. That is not nailed down; it is still open to negotiation. The point I am labouring is that when seeking a deal, one looks for the levels of mutual interest…27 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. Sir David, it is an enormous pleasure to serve…27 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I thank both main Opposition spokesmen for their constructive and thoughtful approach to the regulations. They understand them for what they are, which is narrow in scope and…27 Feb 2019HANSARDFire Services: PensionsI am sure that we all want good public pensions to be affordable over the longer term; and yes, public sector employer contributions will have to rise, including those in the fire…25 Feb 2019HANSARDNorthumbria PoliceThe Northumbria police and crime commissioner has announced that the precept will increase by £24 in 2020, meaning that funding will increase by £18 million compared with 2018-19.…25 Feb 2019HANSARDNorthumbria PoliceOf course, the statistic the hon. Gentleman omits is that the other key thing about 2010 was that this country was then dealing with the largest deficit in our public finances in…25 Feb 2019HANSARDFire Services: PensionsWhat I would say, with respect to the hon. Lady, is that the Treasury is requesting of the fire sector £10 million of additional funding; that is from a sector that will receive…25 Feb 2019HANSARDMacpherson Report: 20th AnniversaryThe hon. Member for Nottingham North (Alex Norris) speaks with a directness and passion that I have grown to respect, and I congratulate him, and the Backbench Business Committee,…25 Feb 2019HANSARDFire Services: PensionsWith respect to whoever is informing the hon. Lady, actually the core spending power of our fire system will increase by 2.3% in cash terms in 2019-20, and, as she is well aware,…25 Feb 2019HANSARDNorthumbria PoliceWe are in regular contact with Lincolnshire police. Of course, the hon. Lady stampeded to a worst case scenario and ignored the fact that, as a result of the police funding…25 Feb 2019HANSARDPolice FundingWhat I can say to the hon. Gentleman— [Interruption.] I am so sorry. What I can say to the hon. Lady is that over the past few months, the Home Secretary and I have had very…25 Feb 2019HANSARDPolice FundingI thank my hon. Friend, not least for his representations to me on behalf of Warwickshire in the run-up to the funding settlement. I am delighted that his constituents will have…25 Feb 2019HANSARDPolice FundingMy hon. Friend reminds the House of the eternal truth of, I think, principle 7 of Robert Peel’s nine principles of policing—that the public are the police and the police are the…25 Feb 2019HANSARDPolice FundingI thank my hon. Friend for that question. Northampton is of course a very good example of where the emergency services work together extremely well, not just to find savings in…25 Feb 2019HANSARDPolice FundingI would have thought that a Member of Parliament of the hon. Gentleman’s experience would take a little bit more care with his words in this place, because he will know that any…25 Feb 2019HANSARDPolice FundingI can say to my hon. Friend, who represents my father’s old seat, that I have every interest in making sure that the people of Witney continue to have access to high-quality…25 Feb 2019HANSARDPolice FundingAs a result of the two funding settlements that I have taken through Parliament, the Cheshire PCC is now in a position to recruit an additional 43 officers and seven police…25 Feb 2019HANSARDPolice FundingAs a result of the police funding settlement, we will be investing almost £14 billion in our police system next year, which is £2 billion more than in 2015-16. Up and down the…25 Feb 2019