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HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI do regret the hon. Gentleman’s inability to move beyond party politics. As he will know—in fact, the Minister for Policing and Crime, my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon West…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI do not accept that areas will miss out under the new model of policing, because ensuring that we have a model that can deliver for every type of community and deal with every…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperDealing with everyday crime and antisocial behaviour is the reason for the reforms. The new regional forces will undertake specialist investigations, ensuring that we have the…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI can, 100%.26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperThe reforms in the White Paper are fully funded. Let me reassure the hon. Member that every force in the country will see a real-terms increase in its funding in the new police…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI can reassure my hon. Friend that the only reason I am bringing forward these proposals is to improve our police service across every part of the country, with neighbourhood…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI know that the right hon. Gentleman takes a keen interest in these affairs, and I will happily discuss some of the details of these proposals with him. I will announce the…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperI think we have done better than that with our neighbourhood policing pledge. Every area will get neighbourhood police officers, and that includes having a named, contactable…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperThe new model for policing will ensure that wherever people live in the country, whatever community they are part of, they will have a high standard of service. The new model will…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperWhat the hon. Lady’s constituents will see is the increase in neighbourhood police officers—we will have 3,000 in place by the end of March—and a named, contactable officer in…26 Jan 2026HANSARD Police Reform White PaperAs a Birmingham MP, I can very much relate to the hon. Member’s concerns about waste, fly-tipping and the possible involvement of organised crime. To the extent that it involves…26 Jan 2026HANSARDWest Midlands PoliceI thank my fellow Birmingham Member of Parliament for his comments and questions. There is no broader finding of systemic failure in Sir Andy’s report. The failures that have been…14 Jan 2026HANSARDWest Midlands PoliceThe contents of that letter have now been superseded by Sir Andy Cooke’s august report and findings. I hope that everybody who asserted that there was no problem here, and that…14 Jan 2026HANSARDWest Midlands PoliceMy hon. Friend makes that point very powerfully. That is why it is so important that all police forces always do everything they can to ensure that matters of great cultural and…14 Jan 2026HANSARDWest Midlands PoliceLet me reassure the right hon. Gentleman that the Government are taking action across a range of different Departments—Education, Health and the Home Office—to drive out…14 Jan 2026HANSARDWest Midlands PoliceI thank my hon. Friend for her point, which was well made, about the stain of antisemitism in our country and the breadth and depth of ways in which it presents itself. I am well…14 Jan 2026HANSARDWest Midlands PoliceI say to the hon. Gentleman and all Members of the House that we should be led by the findings of the independent inspector, who has been very clear on where evidence was…14 Jan 2026HANSARDWest Midlands PoliceThe hon. Gentleman will know that we do not generally use retrospectivity in our legal system, and to take such a step would be a new innovation. He should wait for the full…14 Jan 2026HANSARDWest Midlands PoliceThe message needs to go out loud and clear to everyone that our expectation is that every police force that is making a decision on any cultural or football or other sporting…14 Jan 2026HANSARDWest Midlands PoliceI have set out in my statement what I think. Others will need to reflect on their positions and what further steps they might take. I agree with my hon. Friend, however, that the…14 Jan 2026