Public Confidence in the Media and Police Debate

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Matt Hancock

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Speaker’s Statement

Public Confidence in the Media and Police

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Points of Order
Wednesday 20th July 2011

(12 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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You know—urgh!

Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk) (Con)
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Does it not raise serious questions about how the previous Government operated that Labour Members seem to think it would have been appropriate for the Prime Minister to be briefed on operational police matters? Do not the e-mails released show just what a professional his chief of staff is?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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I thank my hon. Friend for putting that on the record because it is right. The judgment that my chief of staff reached was backed in advance by the permanent secretary at No. 10 and has been backed subsequently by leading police officers and the head of the Home Affairs Committee.

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