Police Grant

The right hon. Gentleman should bear in mind that Greater Manchester police are a good example of...

I am not sure whether people in London will recognise the rosy picture that the Minister is paint...

This statement is as per the written ministerial statement in December; I think that the hon. Gen...

The Minister is making a lot of sense on this issue. As he will know, Bedfordshire, from a financ...

As my hon. Friend will appreciate, I am not in a position at the moment to outline what the new f...

I thank the Minister for his engagement with the North Yorkshire PCC on exactly these issues and ...

I thank my hon. Friend for his comment. I am happy to be engaging with the excellent PCCs in both...

Although it is said that sparsity and rurality will be taken into account, may I push the Ministe...

The Suffolk PCC and chief constable have lobbied me on that issue—in fact, the Suffolk PCC came i...

I hope that the Minister agrees that Durham has an outstanding Labour PCC in Ron Hogg and a first...

I recognise that Durham has a very good police force with an excellent chief constable. I met the...

The Minister is making sensible observations about the changing profile of crime and rural consid...

My hon. Friend, as always, make a very good point that outlines one of the realities of the way i...

Will the Minister give way?

I want to make some more progress.

This year, we created the police transformation fund—the...

I think my right hon. Friend will agree that we have the most professional armed police officers ...

This comes back to the point that it is important that local police and crime commissioners, work...

Will the Minister give way?

No, I want to make some progress.

There is a lot for the police to be proud of. However, He...

Will the Minister give way?

Not at the moment.

With the foundations of the police-led process firmly in place, more can...

I thank the Minister for finally giving way. I am sure that he is aware that Durham is the most o...

I am slightly surprised by the hon. Gentleman’s opening comments because I have already accepted ...

The public all over the country are noticing a reduction in visibility of neighbourhood policing ...

As I have already outlined twice to the right hon. Gentleman, we have met the promise of the spen...

He’s lying!

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I am sorry, if the hon. Gentleman will excuse me, I could not quite hear what the right hon. Memb...

Order. I did not hear anything said that was out of order. If I did not hear it, I cannot act on ...

When the Chancellor announced in 2016 that police budgets would continue to be protected in cash ...

I can only repeat what I said earlier: last year, we protected police spending when precept is ta...

My right hon. Friend knows that I strongly support his efforts to get collaboration and more effi...

My right hon. Friend makes a good point. I assure him that we are looking at all those factors as...

My right hon. Friend is making a cogent case, as he usually does. I encourage him to proceed in t...

My hon. Friend is right. I met his chief constable and police and crime commissioner only this we...

Efficiency has increased, but that can take us only so far. My borough is paying for an extra 50 ...

I agree that it is important that as we go through the review work we look at the functions in a ...

Will the Minister give way?

Not at the moment—I will make some progress.

We are making sure, through the Act, that we s...

Does my right hon. Friend acknowledge that the situation will be different in different places? W...

My hon. Friend makes a very good point that highlights why it is important that this is driven lo...

Labour Members deplore the approach that this Government have taken to police funding. They have ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the 4.9% real-terms cut in Gwent police and 5.3% real-terms cut in...

I certainly do agree with my hon. Friend. I appreciate the work that he has done with the police ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the pain has not been distributed equally across the country? In D...

I certainly agree. I think the method is shambolic.

I turn to broken promises. Let me give ...

I am interested in the hon. Lady’s argument. Is she asserting that local taxation is not a form o...

It is.

The motion means that next year, after inflation, funding for London services will b...

This House has not been given an accurate picture. As my hon. Friend rightly says, the 2015 spend...

That would be welcome.

Meanwhile, crime levels, which the Government keep telling us have f...

May I congratulate my hon. Friend on painting the correct picture, particularly in relation to Lo...

I certainly agree with my hon. Friend. A London citizen will end up paying more for national even...

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I am going to make progress. The Government are passing the buck on a monumental scale. More than...

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I am going to make progress. The ability of forces to raise funding will depend on local circumst...

Before I start—and I shall not speak for long—it would be negligent of me not to thank the chief ...

I have listened carefully to the argument that the hon. Gentleman has advanced, and I agree with ...

I think that the right hon. Gentleman is playing with figures slightly. In a sense, I believe tha...

Does my hon. Friend and neighbour agree that history suggests that complicated formulae invented ...

It is well known in the House that my right hon. Friend is an extremely intelligent man, but I di...

I hear what the hon. Gentleman is saying about population, but is he saying that any future formu...

The hon. Gentleman clearly does not know the make-up of my constituency. There is probably as muc...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the assumption is often made that rural areas are wealthy? In fact...

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. Of course, in Dorset and in her constituency, the depriva...

The hon. Gentleman is talking about confidence in the police. Just last night in my constituency,...

I hear what the hon. Gentleman says with his example. Now he mentions it, I think I have read abo...

I am delighted to follow the hon. Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax). Although we represent v...

The only service my hon. Friend did not mention in terms of the extra pressure being put on the p...

My right hon. Friend makes a very important point and he is absolutely right to seek such a revie...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield).

As in al...

The hon. Gentleman must not have read my maiden speech, in which I referred to my constituency as...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I am pleased to report that he is an e...

I listened carefully to the hon. Member for St Austell and Newquay (Steve Double) and, in particu...

The Minister knows that I have sought to work cross-party as much as possible to overcome some of...

Does my hon. Friend share my concern that the funding formula review has been shrouded in mystery...

My hon. Friend is right. When the report was produced, I was a little confused about whether it r...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Halifax (Holly Lynch), who made a thoughtful and w...

Lancashire has been one of the top-performing police forces in the country for many years, and in...

The Minister has come to the House today to tell us that he and the Government are protecting pol...

I join the hon. Gentleman in commending the police forces on the work they do, particularly for t...

The hon. Lady makes a good point. This comes down to the point about vulnerability made by my hon...

In relation to the point made by the hon. Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston), I mentioned that I ha...

My hon. Friend makes a good point. I served on the Committee for the Policing and Crime Bill, whi...

The total police grant for 2017-18 for England and Wales is being cut by £96.7 million—in other w...

This has been an excellent debate, and I am grateful to all Members who have contributed over the...

Will the Minister give way?

No, I will not give way to the hon. Gentleman, who has not contributed to the debate until now.