Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Judith Cummins Excerpts
Monday 6th March 2017

(7 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Brandon Lewis Portrait Brandon Lewis
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Clearly, the Metropolitan police have a role to play in that national context that is different from other police forces. The review of the NICC—national and international capital city—contribution, which the Metropolitan police has outlined in conversations about the police funding formula review, will be done in line with that funding formula review.

Judith Cummins Portrait Judith Cummins (Bradford South) (Lab)
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Of equal importance to ensuring adequate funding for the Met police is ensuring proper funding for West Yorkshire police. There are real concerns about the use of firearms in my constituency, where firearms offences have risen by a third during the past four years. Will Ministers ensure that West Yorkshire police have the resources necessary to get these weapons off our streets?

Brandon Lewis Portrait Brandon Lewis
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The hon. Lady just highlighted the cross-party calls from across this House to see that police funding formula review work done, ensuring that we are properly reflecting things. The current formula is immensely out of date, and it is well known and well accepted that that needs to be reviewed. I therefore look forward to her support in that review work.