Police Funding Settlement

I have been a shadow Minister and I know that that sometimes requires one to push the boundaries ...

I very much welcome the Minister’s statement, particularly his recognition of the pressures that ...

I thank my right hon. Friend and former boss for that question. As a fellow London MP, I am delig...

The Minister has rightly talked about the increasing pressures on policing, as the Home Affairs C...

I thank the right hon. Lady for that question and for her challenging, but extremely good, report...

I very much welcome the additional resources for policing—something that I and Government Members...

I speak not just as the Minister for Policing, but as the Minister for London and a London MP. Ce...

Yet another tragic case of knife crime in my constituency led to a death within the last 48 hours...

As a fellow Londoner, I say to the hon. Gentleman that there is absolutely cross-party consensus ...

I very much welcome the statement, and I thank the Minister for providing extra resources to deal...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Through him, again, I congratulate and place on rec...

Last year, West Midlands police took 40,000 extra 999 calls and recorded 27,000 more crimes and 3...

I do not accept that last statement, because that is a grotesque exaggeration of the situation. T...

As someone who has campaigned vociferously on behalf of Bedfordshire police, I say thank you for ...

I do share that concern, because I absolutely understand the economic impact on that small busine...

On Merseyside, we have seen a cut of more than 1,000 police officers since 2010, which is a 24% d...

The settlement allows police and crime commissioners to absorb the increase in costs that they fa...

Policemen and women in Northamptonshire do a wonderful job in very challenging circumstances and ...

I place on record my admiration for the work of Northamptonshire police and the police and crime ...

Where in this statement is there money for a public health model to cut youth violence? Where in ...

The right hon. Gentleman raises two extremely important points. Our whole approach to bearing dow...

The murder rate in London is at its highest since 2008. My right hon. Friend the Minister will kn...

I thank my hon. Friend and parliamentary neighbour. He is entirely right, and I will be sitting d...

Does the Minister accept that the proposed increase in the precept in the Merseyside police force...

With genuine respect to the right hon. Gentleman, I have met Jane on a number of occasions, and o...

We have asked four times and had no answer.

I am not aware of that. I see Jane quite regularly, as I do the chief. Given the seriousness of t...

Despite the exceptional efforts of the Humberside force, there is growing concern among my consti...

Through my hon. Friend, I pass on my congratulations to the Humberside force for some very impres...

Under this Government, since 2010, we have seen the lowest number of police officers in Humbersid...

I thank the hon. Lady for welcoming the increased recruitment of police officers in Humberside, w...

Tomorrow afternoon I will host a meeting in the village of Lavenham, together with the police and...

Like many colleagues, my hon. Friend has been a tireless advocate of increased resources for poli...

Over the last few years, the West Midlands police force has lost £175 million and 2,000 officers ...

I fully recognise the pressures on West Midlands police. Both the hon. Gentleman’s concern and th...

I do not think that members of the public would appreciate any reduction in resources for the pol...

I thank my hon. Friend, and other London colleagues, for their persistence in lobbying to ensure ...

Last week I saw at first hand just how stretched our local police are when I joined officers patr...

I congratulate the hon. Lady on her support for her local police force in West Yorkshire. I am su...

The Minister knows from our meetings that I wanted to see a strong settlement for the police. I a...

Hear, hear.

I could not agree more, and I think my hon. Friend senses the House’s full approval of what he ha...

The West Midlands police service has suffered a £175 million cut and the loss of 2,000 police off...

No, I deny that completely. Like last year’s settlement, this settlement is entirely designed to ...

This is a positive announcement for Greater Manchester police, who serve my constituency so well....

Yes, I can certainly confirm that this settlement has the potential to increase funding to GMP by...

My constituents in Battersea are seeing an alarming rise in crime, with violent crime having incr...

I do not think my constituents would consider £172 million of increased investment in London poli...

I thank the Minister and the Home Secretary for listening to the points raised on the Conservativ...

I thank my hon. Friend for his representations on behalf of Staffordshire police. He knows how im...

The police Minister knows that I have seen for myself the pressures facing South Wales police, pa...

The hon. Gentleman made a powerful representation on behalf of Cardiff, which I am genuinely and ...

During the last hour or so Members have quite rightly been standing up for their own areas, but n...

My hon. Friend is, along with other Lincolnshire MPs—I am sitting on the Front Bench next to one ...

The Minister and his London cronies really have got some brass neck, in one breath asking what th...

Well, to be accused by the hon. Gentleman of brass neck is something. I hope that he welcomes the...

And by the Mayor.

And the actions by the Mayor of London. We now have an opportunity to increase funding to the Met...

The Minister repeatedly claims to recognise that the first duty of his Government is to protect U...

The hon. Lady tries to make a point about loading police funding on to council tax payers, when p...

I have heard what the Minister has had to say about London, but the reality is that since 2010 th...

My question is: when will Labour MPs grasp economic reality and understand the reason why budgets...

The Minister has repeatedly referred to a “spike” in serious violence. May I urge him to stop usi...

I actually understand the hon. Gentleman’s point. I use the word “spike” because I am determined,...

We did that.

The Labour party is claiming some credit for that, but I do not think that the Mayor at the time ...

The Minister repeatedly mentioned the need to tackle debt. He will know that the debt-to-GDP rati...

The hon. Lady and I share an absolute determination to bear down on this terrible violence in Lon...

I welcome the Minister’s commitment to the extra moneys to address terrorism and organised crime....

The hon. Gentleman will know that this is a settlement for England and Wales. To his point, it is...

And the prize for patience and perseverance goes to Kerry McCarthy.

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. There is one advantage to being called last, in that I have now ...

I am sorry that the hon. Lady felt that she did not hear an answer to that question. The reality ...