Policing and Crime
Debate between Paul Maynard and Yvette Cooper
Monday 23rd May 2011
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Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con)
When the shadow Home Secretary was in Blackpool, did she join in welcoming the decision by the Lancashire constabulary to increase community policing in Blackpool, as it recently announced?
Yvette Cooper
The hon. Gentleman knows that while every chief constable across the country is trying to do everything they can to get as many police as possible out into neighbourhoods, the Lancashire constabulary is already being hit by cuts to front-line policing. The chief constable has raised his concerns about the cuts to front-line policing, including hundreds of officers and staff in his area.