Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Deirdre Costigan Excerpts
Wednesday 4th September 2024

(2 months, 2 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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I welcome the hon. Lady to her place. Reigate is obviously a place I know very well, as she knows. The reality is this: that decision has been taken because of the £22 billion black hole, so responsibility for the decision lies with the party that broke the economy. There is a reason we have a mandate for change, and a reason why Conservative Members are sitting on the Opposition Benches: it is because they broke the economy, and I am not going to apologise for clearing up the mess that they left.

Deirdre Costigan Portrait Deirdre Costigan (Ealing Southall) (Lab)
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Q11. After 14 years of Conservative failure, crime and street drinking blight areas of Southall town centre, West Ealing and Hanwell Broadway in my constituency. Will the Prime Minister set out how his Government will take action to ensure that our town centres are transformed into places where my constituents can finally feel safe again?

Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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This is an important issue. I have heard too many people say that antisocial behaviour is some sort of low-level issue, but it really impacts lives across the country and we have to tackle it. That is why we will put more police on the streets, have more effective powers to deal with antisocial behaviour, and introduce Young Futures programmes to divert young people who are getting into trouble.