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Business of the House

Bambos Charalambous Excerpts
Thursday 24th October 2019

(4 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jacob Rees-Mogg Portrait Mr Rees-Mogg
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My right hon. Friend raises a troubling point. There will be time for a debate. This is not a formal announcement, but the Treasury has announced, though not to the House, that the Budget will be on 6 November, in which case there would be time to debate it.

Bambos Charalambous Portrait Bambos Charalambous (Enfield, Southgate) (Lab)
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Crime and antisocial behaviour in my constituency is on the rise, but community policing has been cut since 2010. Can we have a debate in Government time about the benefits of community policing and its funding?

Jacob Rees-Mogg Portrait Mr Rees-Mogg
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I can reiterate the point that 20,000 police officers are being employed, and I hope that some of them will end in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency.