2. 2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:29 pm on 9 May 2017.

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Photo of Jane Hutt Jane Hutt Labour 2:29, 9 May 2017

Well, I think the fact that we have, against stark financial challenges as a result of Tory UK Government cuts and austerity—against all of that, we have chosen as a priority, this Welsh Labour Government, to continue to support our 500 community support officers. And what is very clear is that those community support officers play an important role in supporting the police forces across Wales, and they play such a visible role in our communities, engaging in the very point you made about addressing and safeguarding community safety, particularly in the areas where, in fact, people are experiencing that disadvantage, that difficulty, in terms of the need for community safety. We do, of course, see this as a real priority, and it just shows again what our value base is to our communities as a Welsh Labour Government.