Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Lucy Frazer Excerpts
Wednesday 6th December 2017

(7 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait The Prime Minister
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We are not reducing the Metropolitan police budget. We are protecting police budgets. They were protected in the 2015 spending review. I repeat what I have said in this House before: there is more money and there are more officers for each Londoner than is the case anywhere else in the country. Of course, it is up to the Mayor of London to decide how that budget is spent. The hon. Lady also raised the important issue of scooter or moped crime. I am pleased to say that my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has held a roundtable with police and others in the Home Office to look at how that can be better addressed.

Lucy Frazer Portrait Lucy Frazer (South East Cambridgeshire) (Con)
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The industrial strategy identifies that the world will need 60% more food by 2050. As we leave the EU, will the Prime Minister commit to supporting our farmers?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am very happy to commit to supporting our farmers. Markets for British food are growing around the world and we want them to grow even further. Leaving the EU means that we will have an opportunity to design a new approach to agricultural policy—one that supports our farmers to grow more, to sell more and to export more of their world-class products. We will ensure that we have an agricultural policy that actually meets the needs of the United Kingdom.