Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:30 pm on 13 November 2001.
Ian Davidson
Labour/Co-operative, Glasgow Pollok
4:30,
13 November 2001
Thank you, Mr. Gale, for that invitation to speak. [Laughter.] I shall endeavour to respond in the same spirit.
As these are clearly important matters, it would help if the Under-Secretary could tell us how much will be spent on accreditation and training in England and Wales. How much funding has been set aside for the Crown Office and the Scottish police service in respect of central training and additional financial investigators? How much has been set aside for training in, and co-ordination between, the relevant English, Welsh and Scottish bodies?
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