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  Opposition Day - Police Funding, Crime and Community Safety
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of real-terms protection for the police budget.
  @ MP voted no against real-terms protection for the police budget.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against real-terms protection for the police budget.
  
  The motion rejected by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House
  :''recalls'' that the Chancellor announced in the Autumn Statement 2015 that there would be real-terms protection for police funding; 
  :''notes'' that, based on the scale of cuts proposed, police budgets will fall by between nine and ten per cent over four years in real terms;
  :''further notes'' that the failure to provide real-terms protection for the police budget will lead to further cuts in police numbers in addition to the 18,357 police officers already lost since 2010;
  :''notes'' that the inclusion of cybercrime in crime statistics will show that crime has doubled;
  :''notes'' the heightened threat of a terrorist attack in the UK and the operational role of neighbourhood police in preventing such an attack; and
  :''calls on the Government'' to honour the Chancellorâs statement to the House and provide real-terms protection for the police budget.
  
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