Peter Bone
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(8 years, 3 months ago)
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The Minister for Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice (Mike Penning)
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.
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)
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
The Home Secretary negotiated brilliantly the funding agreement for the next four years. That was exceptionally good to hear.