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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Paul Goggins Excerpts
Monday 6th September 2010

(14 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Paul Goggins Portrait Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East) (Lab)
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When the Home Secretary cut the police budget for this year she included cuts to vital counter-terrorism work. Will she take the opportunity to create some common ground across the Chamber by sending out a strong message to terrorists that she will protect counter-terrorism funding in the budget for next year?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that this Government will ensure that we maintain our fight against terrorism. As he says, this is something on which views are shared across this Chamber; all Members of this House want to see us combat the threat of terrorism effectively. We will certainly do all that we can to do that.