division_name: Police Grant
motion: <p class="indent" pid="a1029.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) for 2017&#8211;18 (HC 944), which was laid before this House on <phrase class="date" code="2017-02-01">1 February</phrase>, be approved.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a1038.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;It&#8217;s getting difficult&#8230;The bottom line is that there will be less cops. I can&#8217;t see any other way&#8230;There&#8217;s only so much you can cut and make efficiencies and then you&#8217;ve got to have less police&#8230;I&#8217;m not sure that's wise&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a1038.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;There is no reason for there to be fewer front-line officers.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2017-03-30">30 March</phrase> 2011; Vol. 526, c. 335.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a1038.2/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;now is not the time for further police cuts&#8230;There will be real-terms protection for police funding.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2017-11-25">25 November</phrase> 2015; Vol. 602, c. 1373.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a1039.2/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Neighbourhood policing is one area where the danger of across-the-board reductions in resources is apparent&#8230;As chief officers reduce their workforces, they will need to&#8230;include assurances that a smaller police workforce will not compromise public safety and explain any effect there might be on neighbourhood policing.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a1039.2/6" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;we found that there were too many forces where there were signs of an ever-larger proportion of the workforce being drawn into responding to incidents, leading to a reduction in crime prevention activity.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a1039.2/10" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Society should no longer tolerate conditions in which these illnesses and disorders are neglected until they land at the feet of the police, in circumstances of violence, disorder and desperation.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a1040.3/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;difficult for them to&#8230;show how much resource they need, and demonstrate that they are delivering value for money.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a1041.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;disappointed in the settlement provided to the Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a1050.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The Government will provide the resources necessary for the police to do their critical work, and prioritise finishing the job of police reform by enabling the police to transform so they can tackle changing crime, deal with previously hidden crimes and protect the vulnerable.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2017-02-01">1 February</phrase> 2017; Vol. 620, c. 21WS.]</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a1062.5/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a1062.5/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 275, Noes 179.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a1062.5/4" pwmotiontext="yes">Votes cast by Members for constituencies in England and Wales:<br/>Ayes 269, Noes 173.</p>