Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jack Lopresti and Victoria Atkins

Monday 25th February 2019 Commons Chamber

[Victoria Atkins]

I am sure that the hon. Lady will welcome the fact that the Government have provided up to £970 million more for policing in this year, which means more than £11 million for her constabulary. I am sure she will be delighted that that will be spent by the Conservative police and crime commissioner to fund 50 more police officers and 20 more police community support officers.

[Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke) (Con)]

Does my hon. Friend agree that greater flexibility for local police and crime commissioners will better enable local forces to solve local problems?

[Victoria Atkins]

Very much so. As my hon. Friend knows, the Government support police and crime commissioners precisely because we believe that, ensconced in their local communities, they can understand the local policing priorities in their areas better than bureaucrats in Whitehall.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jack Lopresti and Victoria Atkins

Thursday 2nd July 2015 Commons Chamber

[Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke) (Con)]

5. What steps he is taking to ensure that the rule of law continues to be upheld in line with the principles of Magna Carta.

[Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle) (Con)]

7. What steps he is taking to ensure the rule of law continues to be upheld in line with Magna Carta.

[The Attorney General (Jeremy Wright)]

Last month, along with guests from many other countries, I attended the commemoration of the sealing of Magna Carta 800 years ago at Runnymede. In the centuries since, the rule of law has played a fundamental part in our national identity. The Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers share a particular responsibility to promote it in Government—one that we all take extremely seriously.