Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Amanda Milling Excerpts
Monday 6th March 2017

(7 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Brandon Lewis Portrait Brandon Lewis
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The response is for police forces, and I look forward to all police forces responding with the outcomes for their areas. I will write to all those forces that were found to require improvement. Straight after the report came out last week, I met the chief constable of the only one that was found inadequate, and I was impressed with their response to want to deal with the issues. Ultimately, there has also been a big improvement on previous years, which is good news, but the police need to respond and do the work to deliver.

Amanda Milling Portrait Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase) (Con)
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I thank the Fire Minister for his intervention, which has seen Staffordshire fire authority cancel a £4 million life-skills centre. Does he agree that the fire authority was right to review the scheme as we need to ensure that taxpayers’ money is spent wisely, and that there are other ways to deliver all-important fire prevention work?

Brandon Lewis Portrait Brandon Lewis
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I thank my hon. Friend for her very kind comment. Importantly, the credit goes to a really good fire authority that has looked at the programme and taken a proper view on using taxpayers’ money effectively. I congratulate the authority on and thank it for that work.