Police and Justice Bill

I realise that the Minister is new to his responsibilities, but can he tell us whether it is the Home Secretary’s desire to carry on the intention of his predecessor to merge our police forces? Will there be a review of that decision, particularly in relation to the merging of the police forces in the east midlands? Most people there think that the previous Home Secretary was wholly wrong to say that all five of the east midlands county forces should be merged into just one force.