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2005-06
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Sussex-Surrey Police Merger
Nick Herbert
2006-04-25
That this House supports the Sussex Police Authority in rejecting the Home Secretary's proposal to merge Sussex and Surrey police forces; notes that Sussex Police already serve over 1.5 million residents and cover 1,500 square miles stretching from Chichester in the West to Hastings in the East; further notes that the Home Office has estimated the cost of a Sussex-Surrey merger at £27 million; further notes that precept equalisation could see council tax payers in Sussex having to pay an extra £19 a year for the same level of policing; believes that police forces should be locally accountable and that merger would inevitably mean that the new Force's chief officers would be more remote from the communities which they are meant to serve; regrets that the Home Secretary did not respond to Sussex Police Authority's case for a federal model for forces in the South East; further notes the Chairman of the Sussex Police Authority's comments that the Home Secretary has failed to provide any constructive answers to its key questions on funding and governance; and calls for a referendum of local people before any merger goes ahead.
Nick Herbert
2006-04-25
Proposed
Arundel and South Downs
Conservative
Charles Hendry
2006-04-25
Seconded
Wealden
Conservative
Nicholas Soames
2006-04-25
Seconded
Mid Sussex
Conservative
Nigel Waterson
2006-04-25
Seconded
Eastbourne
Conservative
Tim Loughton
2006-04-25
Seconded
East Worthing and Shoreham
Conservative
Gregory Barker
2006-04-25
Seconded
Bexhill and Battle
Conservative
Francis Maude
2006-04-25
Signed
Horsham
Conservative
Nick Gibb
2006-04-25
Signed
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Conservative
Bob Spink
2006-04-26
Signed
Castle Point
Conservative
David Wilshire
2006-04-26
Signed
Spelthorne
Conservative
Peter Bottomley
2006-04-26
Signed
Worthing West
Conservative
Mike Hancock
2006-04-26
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Derek Conway
2006-04-26
Signed
Old Bexley & Sidcup
Conservative
David Amess
2006-05-02
Signed
Southend West
Conservative
Norman Baker
2006-05-02
Signed
Lewes
Liberal Democrat
Andrew Rosindell
2006-05-23
Signed
Romford
Conservative
Charles Walker
2006-06-06
Signed
Broxbourne
Conservative