Extract from PMQs - Jun 28

Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills) (Con): Local police stations are a key part of communities such as Aldridge in my constituency, which is why I continue to make the case to Labour’s police and crime commissioner for saving and strengthening the role of Aldridge police station, rather than forcing it to close. Does the Prime Minister agree that any such closure would be reckless, and that Police and Crime Commissioners should be working with local communities and local police teams to provide greater certainty, particularly given the extra 1,376 police officers this Government have put into the west midlands?

The Prime Minister: I am pleased to hear about the extra police officers the Government have funded in my right hon. Friend’s community, but I am concerned to hear about the planned closure of Aldridge police station. I thank her for raising such an important issue. I know it is one on which she is championing her constituents. As she will know, unfortunately, that is a decision of the locally elected Labour police and crime commissioner, and I join her in urging them to think again.