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Police Restructuring

I will tell him in a few moments what I believe about localism, but I will say that the hon. Gentleman worked in the Treasury during a period in which our police forces were starved of cash over the years—[Interruption.] I am quite happy to debate the matter with the hon. Member for Normanton (Ed Balls). Perhaps we could debate what happened to the police precept during the Government’s term of office and how huge amounts were raised from local people, which were more than enough to pay for all the policing increases during the entire period of the Labour Government. They, and particularly the hon. Member for Normanton, should not be making any great claims about how much money they put up.