Police Grant Report

The hon. Lady is clearly arguing for more police funding, so I hope she welcomes the settlement, ...

I am sorry that I do not have much voice.

One of the new tools we have given to the police ...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, and I thank him for his work in introducing the Assa...

The Home Secretary has already alluded to how policing has changed considerably over the past x n...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. Because of the change in demand caused by the rising...

My right hon. Friend has rightly drawn attention to the challenges facing the police. Is it fair ...

My right hon. Friend makes an important point. It is not fair if police time is taken up by issue...

I will give way one more time, and then I want to make some progress.

May I make the Home Secretary aware that in parts of Coventry, both in affluent parts and in less...

The hon. Gentleman raises the very important issue of knife crime, and I am sorry to hear about t...

I must make some more progress. I will give way later.

The settlement provides the biggest ...

People in Corby and east Northamptonshire want to see more police out on the beat, catching crimi...

Yes, my hon. Friend’s point is an important one. He knows that with PCCs there is a lot of indepe...

I thank the Minister for Policing and the Fire Service for the supportive comments he has made ab...

The hon. Gentleman highlights that there are sometimes special situations, and special grants are...

I thank the Home Secretary for understanding the need and coming up with a much better settlement...

I very much agree with my right hon. Friend on that, and I thank him for his support. He highligh...

Does the Home Secretary agree that as a result of having 21,000 fewer police officers on our stre...

The hon. Lady will know that, when it comes to evidence gathering, a lot is needed by the police;...

I am going to make progress, but I will give way later on.

I want to be clear with the Hous...

Police recorded crime figures for the last full year showed that police areas with the highest nu...

First, the hon. Gentleman will be all too aware, given his closeness to this, that there are some...

Let me ask the Home Secretary the question that Ministers seem reluctant to answer. Police number...

Where the hon. Gentleman is right is that there have been increases in certain types of crime. Fo...

May I press the Home Secretary a little more on these figures? I am talking about the support tha...

Again, the hon. Gentleman, like so many other Opposition Members, has raised the issue of resourc...

It may have slipped the Home Secretary’s mind, but he did not actually answer a very important qu...

I have been clear that in recent years we have seen an increase in certain types of crime, but it...

I will make some progress, then take some further interventions in a moment.

Supporting pol...

Does the Home Secretary accept that the real lived experience of many people in Greater Mancheste...

Like so many Members, the hon. Gentleman makes an issue of the need for more resources. I have me...

I welcome the biggest rise in police funds since 2010, which is excellent news for Hampshire and ...

I am happy to give my hon. Friend that commitment. He makes an important point and I am glad he h...

The right hon. Gentleman seems to be saying that the increases he is talking about will lead to b...

I thought the hon. Lady was taking over my speech for me, but she raises an important point. On f...

Will the Home Secretary confirm that the question before the House on the police report is about ...

The right hon. Gentleman is wrong in saying that this debate is just about national support. The ...

I need to make some progress.

The police will continue to face pressures, and my commitment...

In Warwickshire, we have one of the smallest police forces in the country, but this year’s and la...

My hon. Friend makes an important point, and it draws me back to my earlier comment in response t...

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for the Home Secretary to tell me, in answ...

In fairness, I think you have clarified the record in the way you have read the report.

Today, every Member of this House can show their support for this increase, for public safety and...

There can be no question but that the biggest indictment of this Government’s record on law and o...

My right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. In Derbyshire, my own area, the Government’s ...

My hon. Friend makes an important point on behalf of her constituents in Derbyshire.

The We...

On that point, does my right hon. Friend think that it is the outspoken nature of the police and ...

I would never accuse the Home Secretary of being so petty. This is what the West Midlands police ...

I strongly endorse what my right hon. Friend is saying. People in my constituency will have liste...

My hon. Friend makes a very important point.

Having spoken about what policing professional...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that we must also find a way to adequately fund capital cities ou...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. Later in my remarks, I will come to how the Home Office ...

Does my right hon. Friend recognise that, apart from Leicestershire, where there has been a very ...

I certainly join my hon. Friend in congratulating the Government of Wales, particularly on their ...

I well recall the right hon. Lady’s predecessor arguing from the Dispatch Box, back in 2015-16, t...

I draw the hon. Gentleman’s attention to the fact that the Labour party is under new management n...

My right hon. Friend is recognising the truth that resources are connected to results when it com...

I agree with my hon. Friend. Of course, on Merseyside we have also seen an alarming rise in knife...

My right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, standing up for our police service. The Gover...

I agree with my hon. Friend on the question of unfairness, particularly in relation to the precep...

I completely agree with what my right hon. Friend is saying. Does she agree that the knife crime ...

My hon. Friend is right to raise the issue of knife crime prevention orders. One problem is that ...

Will the right hon. Lady give way?

I am trying to make some progress.

Maybe the chair of the UK Statistics Authority should ha...

Will the right hon. Lady give way?

I am afraid that I have to make progress.

The precept is a tax; it is paid for by increasin...

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the powerful speech that she is making. Does she agree tha...

I agree. The precept is a tax, and Ministers know perfectly well that urban forces tend to be abl...

There is also a direct shift of spending to local forces on pension liabilities, which the Govern...

My right hon. Friend makes an important point. The precept is not a progressive tax.

Will the right hon. Lady give way?

The precept is a regressive tax that bears down disproportionately—[Interruption.] Had the hon. L...

Lots of Members wish to speak and I want to get everybody in, because this issue is important to ...

I am pleased that the total resources for Bedfordshire police will receive a welcome increase nex...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous). I agree w...

It is good to see my right hon. Friend the Policing Minister on the Front Bench. I have pursued h...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will not give way because of the time limit that Mr Deputy Speaker said we should observe. We h...

As my right hon. Friend the Member for Knowsley (Mr Howarth) made clear, central Government fundi...

I really do not want to enter the blame game, but I am going to start by just reminding the House...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No, I will not give way. I am afraid I only have a short time. I want to press on.

I cannot...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax). Like him, I praise th...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hartlepool (Mike Hill).

In the short term, t...

It is a genuine pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous).

Norfolk cons...

I begin by paying tribute to Marc Jones, Lincolnshire’s fantastic police and crime commissioner, ...

Violent crime is rising after years of cuts to the police. The latest figures, published last mon...

Despite warm words from the Government about protecting the frontline, the funding provided in th...

Crime, antisocial behaviour and the lack of visible policing is the biggest issue that I face whe...

Does my hon. Friend agree that this is nothing but a Tory police tax—no ifs, no buts—on top of th...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and that is what we should call it: a Tory police tax. Not on...

It is a pleasure to follow the fantastic speech by my hon. Friend the Member for Redcar (Anna Tur...

indicated dissent.

I ask that the Minister show me some respect when I am making my speech. I did not interrupt him,...

I shall be voting against inadequate Government funding tonight. It is as simple as that, no matt...

I start by paying tribute to the police throughout our country. When we hear about violent crime,...

Order. We obviously have to get all our colleagues in before the wind-ups start, so after the nex...

I want to begin by thanking the men and women of Durham constabulary, including the civilian supp...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that the thin blue line is getting thinner? On top of cuts to pol...

I totally agree. The police should be the last resort, not the first, as they are in many cases. ...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will not.

Let me turn to what the motion is actually about. Durham police’s budget will n...

It is a pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Mr Jones), who gave ...

Unlike Scotland or Northern Ireland, Wales is subject to having its policing policy set by Westmi...

There was a time when the Conservative party claimed to be the party of law and order, yet we do ...

The first duty of every Government is to ensure the safety and security of citizens. Labour took ...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Jack Dromey).

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (Emma Hardy) fo...

This has been a fantastic debate with moving contributions from Members in all parts of the House...

During this vigorous debate, I have clung to the message from Her Majesty the Queen about the nee...

Will my right hon. Friend add Essex police to the list of those that need praise? A new cohort of...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I congratulate—

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. We have had a good debate, but it was undersubscribed ...

Nothing disorderly has occurred. The right hon. Gentleman has put on the record his concerns abou...

Divisions do exist. Labour is desperate to assert its narrative that cuts have consequences. On t...

The Minister offers us the tempting prospect of finding common ground, but does he not realise th...

As I have said, I am more than happy to meet the Merseyside MPs, but this settlement is set up to...

Will the Minister give way?

I am not going to give way.

I am delighted that police and crime commissioners up and down ...

Thank you for establishing the ground rules, Madam Deputy Speaker, and allowing Members to speak,...

I could not agree more with my right hon. Friend, and of course the Labour party has no interest ...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker—

It had better be good. It is not fair not to let the Minister respond.

It is good. We have another example of a Member who has not been present for the debate. He is be...

Sit down. Nothing disorderly has happened and the Minister has the right to respond.

This settlement demonstrates our recognition that our police system needs additional support. We ...

I remind the House that this motion is subject to double-majority voting: of the whole House and ...