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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Nov 2017
Police Funding: Bedfordshire

"I take the point about Essex and its airport, but I am sure that the Minister is aware that Luton is the country’s fifth-largest airport and is rapidly expanding...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Nov 2017
Community Policing

"It is good to see a Bedfordshire Member of Parliament in the Chair, Ms Dorries. Bedfordshire Members from all parties have always worked together, under Labour, coalition and Conservative Governments, to stick up for Bedfordshire police; and I hope that we shall carry on doing that.

For many years, Bedfordshire …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Nov 2017
Community Policing

"I am grateful to my county colleague for his points, and would simply return to my point that the effect of damping on Bedfordshire police—the £3 million to £4 million every year that the Government’s formula said we should get, but which we have never received—has come home to roost …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Nov 2017
Community Policing

"I am listening carefully to what the Minister is saying. Would the Home Office consider having a look at what the Department for Education did in managing to take quite a lot of money from the central functions of the Department and get it out on to the frontline? I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Sep 2017
Police Pay and Funding

"Ever since I arrived in this House in 2001, it has been clear that the national funding formula does not treat Bedfordshire police fairly, and I have lost count of the number of Policing Ministers to whom I have made that point. My request to the Minister, whom I regard …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Jul 2017
Drugs Policy

"Last week, I visited Path 2 Recovery, which does the drug recovery work in my constituency. It expressed concern about the effectiveness of the drug rehabilitation requirements, feeling that they did not have enough teeth, took up a lot of staff time and were not very effective. I note that …..."
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Written Question
Home Office: Recruitment
Monday 27th February 2017

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department operates a ban the box employment policy in respect of ex-offender job applicants with unspent convictions; and how many employees of her Department have unspent convictions.

Answered by Sarah Newton

The Home Office operates a ban the box policy in line with Cabinet Office guidance and does not ask for information about convictions at the start of the application process. We do not hold central records on how many employees have unspent convictions.


Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 11 Oct 2016
EU Referendum: Immigration and Disability Employment

"I apologise for arriving late for the debate, Mr Owen. Does the Minister agree that we should actually be quite optimistic, given that employers report above average levels of commitment and loyalty from their existing disabled workers? That is a good story to get over to employers...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Jul 2014
Modern Slavery Bill

"Does my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary share my hope that the Bill will help Governments around the world to do something to tackle modern slavery in their own countries? As Opposition Members have said, this is a global business and if Britain can lead the way and help …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Jul 2014
Modern Slavery Bill

"The shadow Home Secretary is absolutely right to mention the horrific case from Slovakia, but does she recognise that many British citizens are being trafficked around the UK and, indeed, from the UK to other countries, and that we must capture that element of this horrific crime as well?..."
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