“To ask the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Commissioners will undertake a review of the Clergy Discipline Measure.”
Answering Minister
the right hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
The second round of auditions, Mr Speaker! I saw Essex got a mention this week, but it was still a question about London. I did increase police numbers in my time as Mayor of Greater Manchester, but the right hon. Member will know it is not something you can do from the local level alone; you need Government support as well to do that. Sadly, that support for the Metropolitan police was not forthcoming in sufficient quantity during the period that he was in office—so he cannot come here and absolve himself of any responsibility in his quest to come second to Sadiq next year.