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  Opposition Day - [4th Allotted Day] - Crime and Policing
  
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  The majority of MPs voted to support the Government's proposed policing reforms which include cutting police funding to help reduce the national deficit.
  
  The text of the approved motion[1] read:
  "That this House 
  * ''notes'' the appalling fiscal deficit left by the last Government and reiterates the urgent need to restore the nation to economic health;
  * ''recognises'' that the police will need to play their part in reducing that deficit; and
  * ''welcomes'' the Government's proposed policing reforms, which will deliver a more responsive and efficient police service, less encumbered by bureaucracy, more accountable to the public and, most importantly, better equipped to fight crime."
  
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2010-09-08a.357.0 Home Secretary Theresa May House of Commons 8 September 2010] 
  
  
  
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