Knife Crime

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:46 pm on 6 September 2017.

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Photo of Kemi Badenoch Kemi Badenoch Conservative, Saffron Walden 7:46, 6 September 2017

I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing the debate. I agree that the Government should do all that they can, but policing is a devolved issue, and the first line of defence is the Mayor of London. As a member of the London Assembly, I scrutinised much of the work that he did in the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, and I know that he has some leeway in addressing issues relating to funds for neighbourhood policing. Does the hon. Lady feel that his knife crime strategy addresses the problem, and if so, how?