Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Peter Bone Excerpts
Monday 11th January 2016

(8 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mike Penning Portrait The Minister for Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice (Mike Penning)
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Whether police stations are open or not, and where they should be open, is an operational matter for the police force. I am sure that my hon. Friend’s local force commander and the police and crime commissioner have heard exactly what he says, but this is a matter for local policing and not something for the Minister to get involved in.

Peter Bone Portrait Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)
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On the police funding settlement, would it help the Minister if, when the country votes to come out of the European Union, part of the £350 million a week the UK people give to Europe was spent on police funding?

Mike Penning Portrait Mike Penning
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The Home Secretary negotiated brilliantly the funding agreement for the next four years. That was exceptionally good to hear.