Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

James Gray Excerpts
Monday 19th November 2012

(12 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Gray Portrait Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con)
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As the Home Secretary correctly says, it is possible to do more with less, as the recent crime statistics have demonstrated. Does she agree that the election of PCCs, such as the excellent Angus Macpherson in Wiltshire—the first ever to be announced—is central to deciding how we can use scarce resources to best effect in tackling crime?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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I congratulate Angus Macpherson on his election; indeed, it was good to see that as the first result. My hon. Friend is absolutely right that PCCs will have an important role to play in ensuring that police forces are delivering against their budgets in a way that we all want, which is by ensuring the protection of services such that we can continue to cut crime.