Police Grant Report
14th July 2010
David Burrowes questions wasteful spending by the previous Government, such as £6 million on advertising the policing pledge - money that could have been better spent on front-line services.
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate) (Con): The right hon. Lady must appreciate-once she gets past the rhetoric-that there are difficult choices to be made about financial restraints. She mentioned her constituents. Would they be concerned about the choice to spend £6 million on advertising the policing pledge rather than on front-line services designed for their safety? If they were able to make that choice themselves, what would they decide?
Caroline Flint: I am interested in the coalition Government's attitude to the way in which information is given to the public in order to ensure that there is transparency about the provision of public services. They seem to think that that is not an important part of the compact between the people and those who enforce the law.
