Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Shaun Davies Excerpts
Thursday 4th September 2025

(2 days, 9 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lucy Powell Portrait Lucy Powell
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In the interests of setting the record straight, I must say to the House that I am a complete lightweight these days and much prefer zero-alcohol beer over anything else. I am sure that there were some fantastic zero beers at the festival in my hon. Friend’s constituency. I join him in congratulating Mike Lane and all the others on serving 58,000 pints there.

Shaun Davies Portrait Shaun Davies (Telford) (Lab)
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Over the summer, hundreds of Telford residents joined me in demanding that the Conservative police and crime commissioner scrap his 8 pm cap on police community support officers patrolling the streets of Telford. Will the Leader of the House arrange a debate on the importance of neighbourhood policing so that we can send the commissioner a clear message: “The Government are providing you with money for community policing, so you should keep police officers and PCSOs on the streets of Telford”?

Lucy Powell Portrait Lucy Powell
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I join my hon. Friend in that call. We want more neighbourhood police officers patrolling our streets, particularly at the times of day when crime is most likely to be committed and people want to feel safe.