Extract from second
reading debate (Commons) of the Finance (No 2) Bill
(Luton South) (Lab): Can
the Minister confirm whether the Government have made any
assessment of the number of doctors who will stay in the NHS
specifically because of the measure, which will cost more than £1
billion a year?
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (): The hon. Lady must not
confine herself merely to the medical profession. I think the
chair of the Association of Police and
Crime Commissioners said this will be a game
changer—
rose—
: Just give me a moment—I
am galloping up to the jump. He said it would be a game changer
in terms of policing. We know that education leaders have
welcomed the changes, as have others, including air traffic
controllers.
Extract from Lords
repeat of Commons statement on the Anti-social Behaviour Action
Plan
(LD):...Since 2019, the
Government have invested over £3 billion, including additional
funding each year, and that rolled into government grants to
recruit and support the additional 20,000 officers. We are
providing Police and Crime
Commissioners with £22 million next year, and £90
million in 2024-25, to support an enhanced response to areas most
affected by anti-social behaviour and to roll out immediate
justice pilots.
However, as the action plan sets out, local authorities and other
local agencies will also have a key role to play. We expect local
partners to work together to deliver a multiagency approach to
tackling anti-social behaviour and delivering the proposals set
out in the action plan. I feel I should remind noble Lords that
operational policing is a matter for chief constables, and they
set operational priorities in their local areas in association
and consultation with the Police and Crime
Commissioners Questions about local policing are
obviously better directed to those people who are locally
accountable...
For context, CLICK HERE
