Public Disorder Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Public Disorder

Yasmin Qureshi Excerpts
Thursday 11th August 2011

(12 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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My hon. Friend is entirely right. I was very struck at the meeting that I had in Wolverhampton with shopkeepers and residents that they simply want to ensure that the Government and the police stand up for the law-abiding, take back the streets and make sure that they belong to the law-abiding people of our country.

Yasmin Qureshi Portrait Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (Lab)
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Will the Prime Minister confirm whether the Bellwin scheme will operate at 85% or 100%, as it did under Labour for flood victims?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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The Bellwin scheme will operate in its normal way, so there will be a threshold, but we are putting in place an alternative scheme that does not have a threshold or a maximum and minimum and that will be available through the DCLG.