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Business of the House

I know that the Leader of the House is a keen supporter—and, indeed, a keen student—of the constitutional proprieties and that as a former Secretary of State for Defence he would have been surprised had Army, Navy and Air Force commanders telephoned, written or e-mailed to Members of Parliament to advance Government defence policy. Will he therefore ask the Home Secretary to come urgently to the House to give a statement about why the Home Office instructed senior police officers to do just that? Furthermore, if he is in touch with the Home Secretary—he may not be—will he ask the right hon. Gentleman to come here and make an urgent statement on police reorganisation? I understand that there has been consultation with senior police officers about the matter, but that the Government have already reached the view that there should be regional police forces rather than any other form of reorganised police.