Debates between Emma Lewell-Buck and Emma Dent Coad during the 2017-2019 Parliament

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Debate between Emma Lewell-Buck and Emma Dent Coad
Monday 10th June 2019

(5 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Emma Lewell-Buck Portrait Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields) (Lab)
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7. What assessment he has made of the effect on safety of changes to overnight fire cover by fire services.

Emma Dent Coad Portrait Emma Dent Coad (Kensington) (Lab)
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20. What assessment he has made of the effect on safety of changes to overnight fire cover by fire services.

Nick Hurd Portrait The Minister for Policing and the Fire Service (Mr Nick Hurd)
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Operational decisions are for each fire and rescue authority to make as part of their work to assess local risk and manage and allocate resources according to their integrated risk management planning process. What we have done is reintroduce independent inspection by asking HMICFRS—Her Majesty’s inspectorate of constabulary and fire and rescue services—to assess how effective each fire and rescue service is in responding to fires.

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