Kevin Foster corrected the Commons record on Policing
The words were spoken in the Commons on 15 May 2019. The correction was made by letter from the Under-Secretary of State for Wales, the hon. Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster), and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 20 May 2019. The correction replaced 1 figure (£115.8 million) with 2 figures (5.8 million, £15). Altogether 6 words differ between the two versions.
The question
I welcome the Minister to his place, but I wish he would not just regurgitate Tory twaddle. When the National Audit Office makes it clear that central Government funding to police has fallen by 30% in real terms since 2010-11, and when the cross-party Home Affairs Committee makes it clear that the funding structure is not fit for purpose, can we have some action? Can we have some standing up for Wales instead of the vacuous nonsense we get from this Tory Government?
Original and corrected words
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| It has to be said that anyone who wants to hear vacuous nonsense can just listen to those sort of attacks in the Chamber. Let us be clear: in 2015-16, the combined budget for North Wales police was £139.8 million; in 2019-20, it will be | It has to be said that anyone who wants to hear vacuous nonsense can just listen to those sort of attacks in the Chamber. Let us be clear: in 2015-16, the combined budget for North Wales police was £139.8 million; in 2019-20, it will be £15 5.8 million . That shows the increase in funding that is going on. Three out of the four forces in Wales are rated good for effectiveness, which is the subject of the main question. |
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Receipt
| Read from | https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/debates/debate/767FDAB3-DC19-4003-A1B5-475525A4FB01.json |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
| SHA-256 | 5a42724af9ce79692db7db25dc86075e09535e979147dc7e13d685e432470f0c |