8. Debate: The Final Police Settlement 2018-19

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:21 pm on 13 February 2018.

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Photo of Alun Davies Alun Davies Labour 5:21, 13 February 2018

I won't take any more interventions. I tried earlier. It didn't work well. We had more heat than light, I'm afraid, and I won't take any future interventions from the Conservative benches. What I will accept from the Conservative benches is that if they are willing to give us their word that they will join all the other political parties in this place and argue for decent funding for the police, then I'll be happy to take an intervention from behind me, but I doubt if I'll see that.

In seeking support this afternoon and commending the settlement to the Assembly, Deputy Presiding Officer, I want to say this: Wales needs and deserves a settlement that works for the people of Wales; the policing services and the police forces across the whole of Wales deserve our continued support, and we will provide that continued support; the Welsh Government will continue to play its role in working alongside all our police forces; I will seek to take forward a new policy and working arrangements in Wales to bring our police forces together to enable us to deliver Welsh responses to Welsh problems; I want to take forward community safety and justice policy; and I want, and I will continue to argue with the United kingdom Conservative Government for, decent funding for our police forces. Thank you very much.