Police Funding: Cambridgeshire

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 10:00 pm on 6 January 2025.

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Photo of Patrick Spencer Patrick Spencer Conservative, Central Suffolk and North Ipswich 10:00, 6 January 2025

As we have just had a debate on child sexual exploitation, it is worth mentioning that we are seeing the nature of crime in rural areas change very quickly, and that the challenge faced by police forces five or 10 years ago is not the challenge that they face today. In Suffolk, the reality is that we have a massive problem with trafficking and a massive problem with prostitution. We have problems that were just not there 10 years ago. It is all very well for Labour Members to say, “What did you do about it?”, but we are debating how to meet the challenges of today, not yesterday. Will my hon. Friend speak to that for a moment?