Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons am 11:30 am ar 6 Mai 2009.
David Chaytor
Llafur, Bury North
11:30,
6 Mai 2009
In my Constituency today, we have the biggest town centre redevelopment in the north-west of England. It includes a new shopping centre, a hotel, a new office block, two primary care centres and a new police station. The Opposition's spending plans would cut 200 officers from Greater Manchester police. What would be the point of a new police station with that level of spending cuts?
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David Clark
Posted on 8 Mai 2009 10:17 am (Report this annotation)
This is the third labour question that does no more than brag about how much they have spent. They are clearly planted by the whips.