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Policing (England and Wales)

Debate between Richard Drax and Alex Cunningham
Monday 24th February 2020

(4 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Richard Drax Portrait Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con)
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It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. Just before I start, may I remind the Opposition that we are in this plight because of the spendthrift ways with which they ruined our country?

Alex Cunningham Portrait Alex Cunningham
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You’ve had 10 years, man. Ten years.

Richard Drax Portrait Richard Drax
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Ten years is how long it was predicted to take to get this country back. I know the Opposition do not like to hear it, but that is the truth of the matter. [Interruption.] Yes, there was a banking crisis too, but the people of this country do not forget the spendthrift ways of the Opposition.