Matt Vickers

Matt Vickers

Conservative — Stockton West

Speaking in the House of Commons on 7 July 2025

Debate

Neighbourhood Policing

Contribution

I think that was a failure to commit to that total number. During the passage of the Crime and Policing Bill, we asked the Government to stop our police having to investigate playground squabbles and hurty words online as non-crime hate incidents, and now senior police officers are joining that call. Merseyside chief constable, Serena Kennedy, has said: “Non-crime hate incidents are having a disproportionate impact on trust and confidence in policing”. I realise that U-turns are quite fashionable for the Government, so will the Home Secretary now finally scrap non-crime hate incidents and save 60,000 hours of police time?

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