Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Richard Graham Excerpts
Monday 6th February 2012

(12 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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The hon. Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham) looks as though he is about to burst. Let us hear him.

Richard Graham Portrait Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con)
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Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am delighted that the Government, the police and the Opposition have all accepted the police arbitration panel’s recommendations on the first Winsor report. My right hon. Friend knows how important it is for the morale of police in forces such as the Gloucester constabulary to see agreement reached on the second Winsor report. Does she see this as an encouraging precedent?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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We have yet to receive Tom Winsor’s second report on police pay, terms and conditions, but I would say that the process that we followed on the first report, which showed the importance of giving all parties the opportunity to make their contribution on the decision that was finally made, is one that we would expect to follow in future.