Police Funding Formula
Richard Drax Excerpts(10 years, 3 months ago)
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Mike Penning
Thank you, Mr Speaker. Even those of us who have been here quite a long time get things wrong as well.
The first I knew of the letter was Friday.
Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con)
I, too, commend my right hon. Friend for halting the process. May I also put in this plea for Dorset police, who have been at the lowest end of the funding for many years, that rurality and tourism in particular will be very much in my right hon. Friend’s mind when eventually we do get to sorting out the formula?
Mike Penning
One distinct advantage of being here today and making the statement is that we are starting the process again and everybody will, naturally, put the case for their own parts of the world, which my hon. Friend did really well.
Oral Answers to Questions
Richard Drax Excerpts(10 years, 7 months ago)
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Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con)
I welcome the Minister to his place. We often hear about rights. Does he agree that perhaps it should be renamed the European convention on human responsibilities?