Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Philip Hollobone Excerpts
Monday 19th March 2012

(12 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Last but never least, Mr Philip Hollobone.

Philip Hollobone Portrait Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
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Thank you, Mr Speaker. Major serious and organised crime knows no geographical boundaries, so will my right hon. Friend congratulate the five east midlands police forces on coming together and collaborating in order to tackle this menace more effectively and to save the taxpayer £26 million over the next four years?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Those five east midlands police forces—I have visited them and spoken to them about this—are doing excellent collaborative work, not only on the tasks that they can undertake to reduce costs, but on improving their ability to fight crime.