Policing and Crime

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:37 pm on 29 January 2020.

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Photo of Karen Buck Karen Buck Labour, Westminster North 12:37, 29 January 2020

On that point, does my right hon. Friend agree that the public value safer neighbourhood policing above almost everything else? They like to see the police out and about, building good community relations. Does she share my regret that a five-ward cluster in my constituency, which had 30 police on duty a few years back, recently had as few as seven? No wonder the public no longer feel that the police are present on our streets.