To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much Cambridgeshire Constabulary spent on translation and interpretation services provided by Language Line Services Limited in each month since May 2004; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much Cambridgeshire Constabulary spent on translation and interpretation services provided by Language Line Services Limited in each month since May 2004; and if she will make a statement.

Debate on a motion to approve the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2009-10 (HC 148 2008-09) on provisional police funding for the three-year period 2008-09 to 2010-11 . Agreed to on question.

Debate on a motion to approve the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2009-10 (HC 148 2008-09) on provisional police funding for the three-year period 2008-09 to 2010-11 . Agreed to on question.

The Minister responded to the demands of the Metropolitan police force, but he will be aware that it has benefited over the past five years from being able to recruit for free more than 1,000 officers who were trained at the council tax payer's expense from forces in the counties...

The Minister responded to the demands of the Metropolitan police force, but he will be aware that it has benefited over the past five years from being able to recruit for free more than 1,000 officers who were trained at the council tax payer's expense from forces in the counties...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.

This House is expert on these matters, so I am not going to challenge the hon. Gentleman's judgment in any way. He is absolutely right. There is a need to look at those processes to see whether we can create what he alluded to. In conclusion, to allow the right...

This House is expert on these matters, so I am not going to challenge the hon. Gentleman's judgment in any way. He is absolutely right. There is a need to look at those processes to see whether we can create what he alluded to. In conclusion, to allow the right...

May I just say that we will do that?

May I just say that we will do that?

This has been an interesting and informed debate. Several Members passionately expressed their feelings about policing issues, especially the current grant settlement. In common with many contributors, I would first like to record my congratulations on and praise for the work police officers do not only in my constituency, but...

This has been an interesting and informed debate. Several Members passionately expressed their feelings about policing issues, especially the current grant settlement. In common with many contributors, I would first like to record my congratulations on and praise for the work police officers do not only in my constituency, but...

It is also incumbent on Ministers to act responsibly. What I have said to the hon. Gentleman is that from April his local police force will be able to apply to the Government office for his region for funding. If we unpick the funding formula in the middle of a...

It is also incumbent on Ministers to act responsibly. What I have said to the hon. Gentleman is that from April his local police force will be able to apply to the Government office for his region for funding. If we unpick the funding formula in the middle of a...

The hon. Gentleman is making an important point about custody suites. We have a new all-singing, all-dancing custody suite in the Pembrokeshire division. However, officers have raised with me concerns similar to the hon. Gentleman's point, about how making arrests in different parts of the area now ties up an...

The hon. Gentleman is making an important point about custody suites. We have a new all-singing, all-dancing custody suite in the Pembrokeshire division. However, officers have raised with me concerns similar to the hon. Gentleman's point, about how making arrests in different parts of the area now ties up an...

I express my sincere apologies for not being present at the commencement of the debate—[Interruption.] The Minister says from a sedentary position that I have been busy writing my speech. [Interruption.] In fact, I have been delayed due to the vicissitudes of National Express East Coast in travelling down from...

I express my sincere apologies for not being present at the commencement of the debate—[Interruption.] The Minister says from a sedentary position that I have been busy writing my speech. [Interruption.] In fact, I have been delayed due to the vicissitudes of National Express East Coast in travelling down from...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I know that Slough has had many problems dealing with extra numbers and the resultant financial pressures put on many public services. No doubt Peterborough faces a very similar set of challenges. The impact of population growth on police services needs to be...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I know that Slough has had many problems dealing with extra numbers and the resultant financial pressures put on many public services. No doubt Peterborough faces a very similar set of challenges. The impact of population growth on police services needs to be...

My hon. Friend is making a strong and compelling case. Does he agree that the problem with the extrapolation of population statistics with regard to the funding formula is that they are based on out-of-date figures from 2004, and that those figures should have been updated before the comprehensive spending...

My hon. Friend is making a strong and compelling case. Does he agree that the problem with the extrapolation of population statistics with regard to the funding formula is that they are based on out-of-date figures from 2004, and that those figures should have been updated before the comprehensive spending...

I want to carry on—I hope the hon. Gentleman does not mind. The point of today's debate is that it allows us to inform that funding formula. My right hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, East raised the issue of new technology and we agree with him on it. He,...

I want to carry on—I hope the hon. Gentleman does not mind. The point of today's debate is that it allows us to inform that funding formula. My right hon. Friend the Member for Leicester, East raised the issue of new technology and we agree with him on it. He,...

My point was that the Migration Impacts Forum was established 18 months ago, but the information available to Ministers on the flawed methodology used by the ONS and others was available before that. These are current problems from which my local force is suffering, and it was incumbent on Ministers...

My point was that the Migration Impacts Forum was established 18 months ago, but the information available to Ministers on the flawed methodology used by the ONS and others was available before that. These are current problems from which my local force is suffering, and it was incumbent on Ministers...

I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in the debate on the police funding settlement this year. I shall focus my brief remarks on my police force area of Dyfed-Powys. Last week, in Westminster Hall, the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Mark Williams) initiated a short debate on the subject,...

I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in the debate on the police funding settlement this year. I shall focus my brief remarks on my police force area of Dyfed-Powys. Last week, in Westminster Hall, the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Mark Williams) initiated a short debate on the subject,...

I shall give way, but I have only 10 minutes and I wish to make some other points.

I shall give way, but I have only 10 minutes and I wish to make some other points.

I thank all hon. Members who contributed to this debate for the informed and interesting way in which they made their points. I shall try to answer the questions that have been raised and deal specifically with some of the points. I agree very much with the hon. Member for...

I thank all hon. Members who contributed to this debate for the informed and interesting way in which they made their points. I shall try to answer the questions that have been raised and deal specifically with some of the points. I agree very much with the hon. Member for...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman. Both of us are making the point that investment in capital works—such as new buildings and new custody suites—can improve policing quite considerably, to an extent that would be noticed and appreciated by the general public. I am talking in particular about Llandrindod Wells,...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman. Both of us are making the point that investment in capital works—such as new buildings and new custody suites—can improve policing quite considerably, to an extent that would be noticed and appreciated by the general public. I am talking in particular about Llandrindod Wells,...

I give way to the Minister.

I give way to the Minister.