Oral Question·Ministry of Defence
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 10 February 2022Answered: 21 February 2022
Asked by
Sir Julian Lewis
Conservative — New Forest East
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Defence
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
The Conservatives decimated neighbourhood policing. People should feel safe in their communities, and that is exactly why we have committed to putting 13,000 additional police personnel back in our town centres and communities. That means there will be a named police officer in every community, armed with tough new respect orders to break up antisocial behaviour. These powers are contained in our Crime and Policing Bill, which the Conservatives and Reform voted against.