Extracts from Commons proceedings: Police and Crime Commissioners - July 9
Friday, 10 July 2020 08:03
Extract from Commons debate on Ministry of Housing,
Communities and Local Government: Departmental Spending Sir David
Amess (Southend West) (Con):...I want to know where this new super
local authority would be and who would be running it. There are so
many questions. We already have the Police and Crime Commissioners
who are paid a bit more than Members of Parliament, with their
layer of bureaucracy. The last thing I want is another layer of
bureaucracy with this new super council and...Request free trial
Extract from Commons
debate on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local
Government: Departmental Spending
(Southend West) (Con):...I want
to know where this new super local authority would be and who would
be running it. There are so many questions. We already have the
Police and Crime Commissioners who are paid a bit
more than Members of Parliament, with their layer of bureaucracy.
The last thing I want is another layer of bureaucracy with this new
super council and the break-up of Essex County Council. So I hope
the Minister will reflect on what my right hon. Friend and I have
said about this issue...
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Extract from Commons end
of day debate on RAF Croughton Expansion: Diplomatic
Implications
(South Northamptonshire)
(Con):...When Harry’s parents, Charlotte and Tim, came to see me
for the first time, in October 2019, it was an emotional meeting,
and I assured them that I would do everything possible to achieve
justice for Harry and to ensure that the tragedy that happened to
their family will not happen to another. Since then, I have worked
with my right hon. Friends the Foreign Secretary, the Home
Secretary, the Attorney General, the Health Secretary and the
Transport Secretary, as well as the Crown Prosecution Service, the
police and crime commissioner for
Northamptonshire, the US embassy and the base commander at RAF
Croughton. At every stage, the focus has been on achieving justice
for Harry and making sure that this tragedy is never repeated. And
yet, I am sorry to say, despite all the local efforts to improve
signage, the efforts at the base to improve driver training, and
the efforts of Northamptonshire police to enforce and follow up all
incidents in recent months, we continue to see near misses...
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