Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 January 1997.
Michael Howard
The Secretary of State for the Home Department
12:00,
23 January 1997
The truth of the matter is that the September 1996 figures showed that there were more than 98,000 police constables in England and Wales, which is more than there have ever been before. The public are interested in seeing police officers on the street on patrol duty helping to create a safer Britain. That is exactly what is happening.
