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Stellantis Luton
Wednesday 27th November 2024

(11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Neil Coyle Portrait Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (Lab)
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Q14. Southwark faces a significant challenge with antisocial behaviour, but we have fewer police today than in 2010 due to Tory cuts in coalition with the Lib Dems. As the Prime Minister fixes the postcode lottery of law and order, will he consider the request from Southwark police, Southwark council and myself for our community to be a pilot test area for the new respect orders, to address this serious problem?

Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this, because public confidence in the police has been badly eroded under the last Government. We will drive that up with a major programme of reform. That includes recruiting 13,000 more police into neighbourhood policing and the tough new respect orders, coupled with the power to arrest for breach of the order.

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