Olympics (Security) Debate

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Department: Home Office
Monday 16th July 2012

(12 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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The contract is obviously between LOCOG and G4S, but LOCOG has been party to discussions over time as we have been revising the numbers required, as all hon. Members know. The HMIC report that I commissioned last year was into LOCOG’s arrangements. LOCOG responded to that and made changes as necessary.

Jack Dromey Portrait Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington) (Lab)
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Hundreds of West Midlands police officers have been asked to stand in for G4S because its security guards have simply not turned up. The public have confidence in our police service but no confidence in G4S, yet the Home Secretary has spent £4 million promoting privatisation of essential police services, the principal beneficiary of which would be G4S. In the light of the Olympics debacle, will she now abandon her reckless plans?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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It is not a reckless plan for police forces to look to ensure that they make the best use of their budgets, so that they can put as much money as possible not into back-office functions, but into getting police out on the streets.