Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Alexander Stafford Excerpts
Monday 20th June 2022

(2 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kevin Foster Portrait Kevin Foster
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I am very happy to look into the individual case.

Alexander Stafford Portrait Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley) (Con)
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T8. After repeated calls to the Labour South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner to reopen police stations in our towns and villages, he has reopened the station at Edlington, with a population of 8,000. I have been leading a campaign for the return of a police station to Dinnington, with a population of 13,000. Does my right hon. Friend agree that a town of that size must have a police station and that the commissioner should reopen the premises in Dinnington without delay?

Kit Malthouse Portrait Kit Malthouse
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As usual, Mr Speaker, it is no surprise to hear my hon. Friend standing up for his constituents and fighting for their interests. He is right to look for greater police presence in his constituency, and when we finish recruiting 20,000 police officers, we will need somewhere for them to put all their stuff. Having that somewhere in his constituency would make sense.