John Bercow
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(9 years ago)
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Mr Speaker
The hon. and learned Lady is welcome to have a second bite of the cherry, on the assumption that the bite is small.
Joanna Cherry
I am very grateful, Mr Speaker. We are all aware that the Syrian refugees who are coming to the United Kingdom are particularly vulnerable individuals. They will need time and privacy to settle and integrate into the communities that they go to. Will the Home Secretary tell us what work the Home Office is doing to support local communities to give the refugees the time and privacy to integrate?
Several hon. Members rose—
Mr Speaker
Order. As Members know, it is my usual practice to run exchanges on important ministerial statements very fully, and therefore I simply signal to those who have not been able to catch my eye at this time, on account of constraints of time, that if they are here at 3.30 there will be a very full opportunity to explore these matters at that point.
Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North) (Lab)
9. What recent discussions her Department has had with police and crime commissioners on the future of frontline policing.
Mr Speaker
How fortunate that the Minister of State has contributed! I should have been greatly saddened, and the House not inconsiderably impoverished, if a Home Office questions had passed without an intervention from the right hon. Gentleman.
Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton) (UKIP)
Is the Home Secretary confident, given the limited budget, that the security services have the resources they need to keep us safe?