Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Jim Cunningham Excerpts
Monday 8th January 2018

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Hurd Portrait The Minister for Policing and the Fire Service (Mr Nick Hurd)
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The answer to an invitation to visit sunny Clacton-on-Sea is, of course, yes.

Jim Cunningham Portrait Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab)
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T3. Given cuts to police numbers and resources, how many police forces have notified the Home Office that they will not be pursuing certain types of crime?

Nick Hurd Portrait Mr Hurd
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I know the hon. Gentleman knows this, but the proposed funding settlement will lead not to cuts, but to increased investment of £450 million in our policing system, which will help police forces across the country to cope with the changing face of crime.