Police Uplift Programme

Sally-Ann Hart Excerpts

Wednesday 26th April 2023 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

For a final question, I call Sally-Ann Hart.

[Sally-Ann Hart (Hastings and Rye) (Con)]

Thank you, Mr Speaker; I am afraid I am an echo. Under the leadership of Conservative police and crime commissioner Katy Bourne and Chief Constable Jo Shiner—both wonderful women—Sussex police have increased the number of police officers by 429 through the national uplift programme and 250 through the local precept, beating the Government’s uplift targets and helping to reduce crime in Hastings and Rye. May I join the Minister in congratulating them both?

[Chris Philp]

That is a good note on which to end. Yes, police and crime commissioner Katy Bourne and Chief Constable Jo Shiner, both of whom I have met, have done a fantastic job in Sussex of protecting the public and beating crime, which is something I hope the entire House can get behind.