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  Policing and Crime Bill - Schedule 1 - Report on Funding Requirement Prior to Police and Crime Commissioners Gaining Responsibility for Fire and Rescue Service
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require a report on the funding requirements of the fire and rescue service before transferring responsibility for them to a Police and Crime Commissioner.
  @ MP voted no against requiring a report on the funding requirements of the fire and rescue service before transferring responsibility for them to a Police and Crime Commissioner.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring a report on the funding requirements of the fire and rescue service before transferring responsibility for them to a Police and Crime Commissioner.
  
  MPs were considering the Policing and Crime Bill[1].
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 20, page 145, line 16, at end insertâ
  
  :â(7) No order can be made under this section until the Secretary of State has conducted a review assessing the funding required by the fire and rescue service to secure the minimum level of cover needed to secure public safety and maintain fire resilience.
  
  :(8) The review carried out under section (7) must assess the impact of the level of cover onâ
  
  :(a) fire related fatalities;
  
  :(b) non-fatal fire related casualties;
  
  :(c) the number of dwelling fires and other fires;
  
  :(d) the number of incidents responded to, and
  
  :(e) the strength and speed of response to incidents.â
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by an explanatory note stating:
  
  :This amendment would require the Home Secretary to conduct a review on the level of funding the FRS requires in order to secure public safety before she may make allows police and crime commissioner to be a fire and rescue authority.
  
  Had the amendment not been rejected the text contained within it would have been added to Schedule 1 of the Bill, and in particular the proposed new section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 contained within it.  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/policingandcrime.html Parliament's webpage on the Policing and Crime Bill]
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