division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [14th Allotted Day] &#8212; Government Reductions in Policing
motion: <p class="" pid="e.807.3/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="e.807.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House notes the Association of Chief Police Officers&#8217; statement that there will be 12,000 fewer police officers because of the Government&#8217;s cuts to central government funding for the police; considers that chief constables across England and Wales are being put in an impossible position by the Government&#8217;s 20 per cent. cut to central government funding; notes that Her Majesty&#8217;s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) said the police budget could be reduced &#8216;at best&#8217; by 12 per cent. and that &#8216;a cut beyond 12 per cent. would almost certainly reduce police availability&#8217;; further notes that HMIC has said that 95 per cent. of police officers do not work in back office roles; regrets that because of the Government&#8217;s 20 per cent. cut frontline police officers are being lost in every region of England and in Wales; is deeply concerned by recent statements from police forces and authorities that show the level of cuts being forced upon them by the Government, amounting to 1,158 police officers in the South West, 1,428 police officers in the South East, 1,215 police officers in the East of England, 579 police officers in Wales, 783 police officers in the East Midlands, 1,573 police officers in the West Midlands, 573 in the North East, 3,175 in the North West, 1,242 in Yorkshire and the Humber and 1,200 in London; calls on the Government to think again; and rejects the cuts to frontline police officers the Government is forcing upon police forces.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="e.815.0/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from &#8220;House&#8221; to the end of the Question and add:</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="e.815.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;welcomes the Government&#8217;s comprehensive proposals to cut crime and increase the democratic accountability of policing while dealing with the largest peacetime deficit in history; supports the Government&#8217;s determination to help the police make savings to protect frontline services; congratulates the police forces that are increasing the number of officers visible and available to the public; notes that the Opposition&#8217;s spending plans require reductions in police spending; and regrets its refusal to support sensible savings or to set out an alternative.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p pid="e.859.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">Question put accordingly (<phrase class="standing-order" code="31(2)" pwmotiontext="yes">Standing Order No. 31(2)</phrase>), That the original words stand part of the Question.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="e.859.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="e.859.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 210, Noes 289.</p>