Police Amalgamations

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:07 pm on 1 February 2006.

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Photo of Bob Spink Bob Spink Conservative, Castle Point 1:07, 1 February 2006

The right hon. Gentleman has been extremely generous in giving way. He is right to say that some change is necessary. Will he at least acknowledge, however, that the police authorities were right to resist the Home Office deadline before Christmas, and that they acted in the public interest in so doing, because they have facilitated a fuller consultation that will deliver better solutions for neighbourhood policing and enable the Home Secretary to consider Her Majesty's Opposition's proposal to work together to get the answer right?