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HANSARD Police Reform White PaperOne of the real issues with the Police Scotland reforms was that they were completed within one year. I have made a deliberate decision to phase in these proposals and measures…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperThe right hon. Gentleman is a Birmingham neighbour of mine; I always take what he has to say seriously. I agree with him on everything he said about neighbourhood policing and its…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI reassure my hon. Friend that at the moment we have strong measures in place for how data is used in our police service. In future, all of that capability will sit with the…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperMy hon. Friend is 100% right—that is exactly the intention of the reforms, and it is how we will ensure that we have a new model for policing that can serve every community and…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperLet me assure my hon. Friend that accountability at both national and local level is critical to these reforms. Once the review has reported on what the shape of those new…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI think that is me being told to go faster. Let me assure the right hon. Member for Goole and Pocklington (David Davis) that we are consulting on the safeguards for the use of AI…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperNo, I do not.26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperWe will say more about the funding settlement for the coming year in just a few days’ time, but my hon. Friend will know—and I hope he will welcome —that every force, wherever…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperMy hon. Friend raises an important point. Learning the lessons of what happened in 2024 is why we have already decided to bring in a national command role specifically for public…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperGoing forward, in the new model, it will be obvious where those disciplines sit, whether that is in the National Police Service or within regional forces, right down to the…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI can give my hon. Friend that assurance. Responsibility for high standards across the whole service will in future sit with the National Police Service, but in the meantime I am…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperThe White Paper envisages a whole change to the accountability mechanisms for policing at every level, whether that is for the National Police Service or right down to regional…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperUnder this Government, we have increased funding to forces by close to £2 billion since being elected, and the funding settlement for 2026-27 is an increase of £796 million based…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI will say more about specific funding decisions in the coming days, but let me reassure my hon. Friend that we absolutely recognise the role that violence reduction units play in…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI appreciate my hon. Friend’s support for these proposals and for our ability as a Government to get them done, and I appreciate the support of the other officers of the rank and…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperIt is precisely because I have given thought to the problems the hon. Lady raises that I brought the reforms forward in the first place. Within our regional forces we will have…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperThe National Police Service will take over many of the administrative functions that are currently done 43 different ways by chief constables across the country, including lifting…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI will absolutely take into account the views of the rank and file, and I will be happy to meet my hon. Friend. As for the Police Federation, the White Paper makes it clear that…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperWe are very much focused just on policing and we are consulting on those matters as we speak.26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperLet me assure the right hon. Gentleman that we will work closely with the police as we develop the new licence to practise. We will obviously want to strike the right balance…26 Jan 2026