Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Stephen Hepburn Excerpts
Monday 4th June 2018

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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Where I agree with my hon. Friend is that it is important that people who are sentenced serve the appropriate amount of time. I am aware of the issues he raises, and I would welcome discussing them with him further.

Stephen Hepburn Portrait Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow) (Lab)
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Since the Tories came to power, the number of police in the Northumbria policing area has been cut by 27%. During the same time, violent crime has gone up 177%. Is it just the general public who notice the link between those figures, or has the Secretary of State noticed it, too?

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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Perhaps it is worth my reminding the hon. Gentleman that at the last election he stood on a manifesto that wanted to cut police funding by 5% to 10%, whereas this Government have protected it. If his correlation were correct—if it were correct—crime would have gone up even more had Labour been in office.