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G20
Monday 7th November 2011

(13 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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I am willing to stand here and take responsibility for the decisions that I have taken. I only wish that the Opposition were willing to stand up in this House and take responsibility for the decisions that they took when they were in government.

Bob Russell Portrait Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD)
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T6. Please listen carefully; I will say this only once. In the future assessment of police numbers and funding formulae, have any discussions taken place with the Ministry of Defence about the huge cuts in the MOD police? In the case of the Colchester garrison, the last Labour Government managed to cut its 30 officers to three, which has affected the Essex police.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I do not think anybody has ever had any trouble hearing the hon. Member for Colchester, even some miles away.

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