Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Teresa Pearce and Ben Wallace

Monday 1st April 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr Wallace]

The hon. Gentleman will know that when police forces come under pressure—such as when they respond to a terrorist incident, to an incident such as Salisbury or, indeed, as in my constituency, to a process such as fracking—there is an extra grant for those police forces. We have refunded extra money to police forces in Dorset, London and Manchester, and we will continue to do so. That is why we have this pot in the Home Office: to make sure that we can flex as something happens. Police respond, and they then get back the money that they need.

[Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead) (Lab)]

14. What steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities settle the status of the children of EU nationals in their care.