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Oral Answers to Questions

Charlotte Cane Excerpts
Monday 31st March 2025

(3 days, 13 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Charlotte Cane Portrait Charlotte Cane (Ely and East Cambridgeshire) (LD)
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T3. Cambridgeshire’s rural crime action team is successful, but it does not have the resources to be available 24/7. Indeed, it was not available during the recent hare coursing incursion into my constituency of Ely and East Cambridgeshire. What assessment has the Minister made of ensuring the 24/7 availability of rural crime action teams?

Diana Johnson Portrait Dame Diana Johnson
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I was very concerned to hear about the incident to which the hon. Lady refers. I announced earlier that additional funding is going into the national wildlife crime unit and the national rural crime unit to assist forces in providing the cover necessary in rural areas.