Oral QuestionDepartment for Business and Trade

What recent assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of business preparedness for future controls on the import of (a) food and (b) fresh products from the EU.

Tabled: 7 September 2023Answered: 14 September 2023

Asked by

Wendy Chamberlain

Liberal DemocratNorth East Fife

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Policing and Crime (Sarah Jones)

My hon. Friend is right to raise that. We will ensure that there are more neighbourhood officers on our streets, with 3,000 more by next April, but PCSOs have a really vital role to play. I am a big fan of them, and I encourage all forces to have more of them.