Extracts from second reading debate (Commons) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - Mar 16
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 08:46
Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower) (Lab) [V]:...I enjoy a very good
relationship with South Wales police, and I would like to pay
tribute to the officers from the neighbourhood teams across Gower,
the new chief constable and the Labour police and crime
commissioner. One of my biggest concerns about the new proposal is
that its measures pit the public against the police, creating a
wedge at a time when we should be building up trust. We all know
where the buck stops, from the disgusting images we saw on...Request free trial
(Gower) (Lab) [V]:...I enjoy a very good
relationship with South Wales police, and I would
like to pay tribute to the officers from the neighbourhood teams
across Gower, the new chief constable and the Labour police and
crime commissioner. One of my biggest concerns about the new
proposal is that its measures pit the public against the police,
creating a wedge at a time when we should be building up trust. We
all know where the buck stops, from the disgusting images we saw on
Clapham Common at the weekend: it is firmly with the Home Secretary
and this Government. Until the Government disclose the minutes of
the Home Secretary’s meetings with the Met on Friday, we can only
judge from her own social media, and it does not take a genius to
work out where the blame lies...
(Cardiff
South and Penarth) (Lab/Co-op) [V]:...On domestic violence, may I
thank my South Wales PCC colleague, my
predecessor in this place, , for his
work, and colleagues in South Wales police, whose work on tackling
domestic violence I have viewed? I am thinking in particular of the
pilot project Drive, an initiative tackling perpetrators of
domestic violence. An independent evaluation has shown that that is
making a significant impact, and I am pleased to see that it now
covers all seven local authority areas covered by South
Wales police. Unfortunately, like all forces,
South Wales police has had to struggle with
substantial cuts and the austerity of years of UK Tory rule,
including cuts to policing. It was thanks to the Welsh Government
that funding was made available for additional police community
support officers. I thank the community policing teams for the work
that they do. I might also mention that policing in Wales is
disadvantaged this year to the tune of £6 million because of the
way the apprenticeship levy system works. Will the UK Government
fully fund the cost of police graduate training in Wales, as they
do in England?
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