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Business of the House

Mark Pritchard Excerpts
Thursday 17th October 2013

(10 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tom Brake Portrait Tom Brake
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There might be an opportunity for the right hon. Gentleman to raise the subject at Communities and Local Government questions on Monday and we will have a debate on Thursday on planning, housing supply and the countryside, and he might be able to raise the issue as part of the planning aspect.

Mark Pritchard Portrait Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con)
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May we have a debate on restoring public trust in the police? Is it not the case that David Shaw, the chief constable of West Mercia police, should take immediate and appropriate action against the officer implicated in lying against my right hon. Friend the Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell)?

Tom Brake Portrait Tom Brake
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I thank my hon. Friend for that question and I am sure that he will have heard the Home Secretary and the Prime Minister state their position. The behaviour was unacceptable and action would be appropriate, but clearly that is something for the Crown Prosecution Service and others to consider, rather than Ministers.