West Midlands Police (Funding)

My hon. Friend is right: West Midlands police really has been hit disproportionately. For example...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. It is an important issue that he is ri...

The right hon. Gentleman is quite right—that is what I touched on earlier. The fact that we start...

The issue is not only the level of income, but the huge additional burdens. For example, after th...

My right hon. Friend is quite right about that. I will mention some of the specific demands on We...

As my hon. Friend says, under the existing system we are being robbed of £43 million that we shou...

My hon. Friend is right on both points. First, the impact of formula damping is a problem. Everyo...

The hon. Gentleman is being most generous in giving way and is making an important speech. May I ...

I will say two things in response to the right hon. Gentleman. First, tackling the question of th...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way again. It does not really matter whether someone t...

That is saying perhaps a little more bluntly what I meant when I said that we are where we are. T...

I am stunned at the suggestion that I might have made a spurious point. It would be perfectly fai...

I hope that it was clear from what I said at the outset that if a region has higher needs and a l...

Bedfordshire decided to hold such a referendum in order to increase the council tax. That vote wa...

My hon. Friend makes a good point about the costs of referendums.

I am concerned that the G...

There is no set time limit, but I intend to call the first of the two Front Benchers at 15.40, wh...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Richard Burden) on securing the debate...

I realise that this will be a central part of the debate, but will the hon. Gentleman care to tel...

That is a matter for local decision makers—just as it is a matter for them that they have not inc...

I have the greatest respect for the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Steve McCabe), but I a...

I concur with my right hon. Friend’s thoughts in that respect. The realities are that when we wan...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Richard Burden) on initiatin...

It is a pleasure to be called to participate in my first Westminster Hall debate under your chair...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that that is absolutely not the case with crimes such as domestic a...

Sorry, but whether we take our crime figures from the police or the victims of crime surveys, the...

My hon. Friend makes an important point about the innovative work of West Midlands police, and I ...

I absolutely agree, and I was fortunate enough to join my hon. Friend on a visit to see that init...

My hon. Friend is making some important points. He is spotting many of the inefficiencies that al...

My constituents have certainly come to me with concerns about how West Midlands police is using, ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

If I could just finish a sentence, I will give way.

People are surprised at the use of £33 ...

I agree, as I am sure everybody here does, that we must spend our resources wisely, so does the h...

I campaigned in last year’s by-election. Obviously I was not happy with it being in August or wit...

Is it opaque?

Some of the model does, as the hon. Lady suggests, lack clarity. The lack of detail about how the...

rose—

Order. There are 15 minutes left and three Members standing. If they all keep their speeches belo...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Crausby, and to follow the hon. Member for ...

It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Crausby, and that is particularly tr...

rose—

Order. I want to call the Front Benchers at 3.40 pm.

3.34 pm

This is my first go at contributing to a debate in Westminster Hall, Mr Crausby. I did not know w...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Crausby. I congratulate my hon. Friend the ...

It is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Crausby. I congratulate the hon...

Will the Minister give way—

I am very limited for time, so I will not give way.

So that we can get an answer to the question about the impact—

I am going to speak; I am not going to give way.

The key is what is being delivered; that i...

Will the police Minister give way to answer this question?

I am not going to give way.

What is really wrong is when people scaremonger. There is no ca...

Order.

Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10(6)).