(Vale of Glamorgan)
(Con): What progress the Government have made on improving
resources for South Wales
Police
The Minister for Crime and Policing (): The Government are proposing a total police
funding settlement approaching £17,000 million in 2022-23, an
increase of up to £1,100 million compared with this year.
Assuming full take-up of precept flexibility, overall police
funding available to police and crime commissioners will increase
by a whopping £796 million next year.
: Vale of Glamorgan, like
many rural areas, experiences horrendous animal welfare
incidents, from illegal dog breeding and hare coursing to
fly-grazing and horse neglect. Will my right hon. Friend join me
in congratulating Chief Inspector Rees and her team of officers
on how they have used the additional resources that have been
made available to combat some of the worst crimes we could
possibly imagine?
: I am more than happy to join my right hon.
Friend in congratulating his local police force on their work in
this area, and I am pleased to hear that his non-human
constituents are as important to him as the human ones. He will
be aware that some of these truly appalling crimes need to be
addressed much more assertively, and I hope he has noticed that,
in the Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing Bill, we are tabling
amendments specifically on hare coursing, which will help to
fight that awful crime.
