Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Karen Bradley Excerpts
Monday 13th January 2025

(2 days, 6 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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I call the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee.

Karen Bradley Portrait Dame Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands) (Con)
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A focus on neighbourhood policing is welcome; we have seen it in Staffordshire for some time. Police leaders have said that if they do not have the flexibility to recruit as they need to, there is a risk that police officers will end up having to fill vacancies in specialist areas. Will the Home Secretary listen to police leaders and give them that flexibility?