Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 19 November 2012.
Andrew Slaughter
Shadow Minister (Justice)
2:30,
19 November 2012
There are more people here than voted for police and crime commissioners.
The Mayor of London has cut 3,500 police officers and police community support officers in the last two years. The Metropolitan police is getting rid of borough commanders and neighbourhood sergeants, and closing 65 police stations to the public across London, including Shepherd’s Bush in my Constituency and South Norwood in Croydon North. Does the Home Secretary think that will make the public in London feel safer or less safe?
In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent
