Police and Crime Commissioners

Lord Crickhowell Excerpts

Monday 5th November 2012 Lords Chamber

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

I thank the noble Lord. Of course, £30 million is a significant sum. This election has given us an opportunity to show that it is possible to communicate with electors in different ways. I have given noble Lords the figures: 1 million hits on the website is not an insignificant number and 100,000 requests for printed forms is not a modest number. I believe that the Government have done the right thing in this way. I hope that all noble Lords will see this as an opportunity to bring democracy into police governance in a way that has not existed before and that they will support their favoured candidates for these elections.

[Lord Crickhowell]

My Lords, is my noble friend aware that I received a bilingual address from the Conservative candidate but not from the Labour candidate and I have cast my vote accordingly?

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

That is very good news for the candidate in my noble friend’s constituency.