Part of Women and Equality – in the House of Commons am 10:30 am ar 3 Rhagfyr 2009.
Andrew Pelling
Annibynnol, Croydon Central
10:30,
3 Rhagfyr 2009
I am very concerned about the proposed closure of the trafficking unit in the Met, as particularly specialised skills are involved in the unit. What is the Minister's view on the issue, particularly bearing in mind that I have had a letter from Cressida Dick saying that it is inevitable that the change will take place because of reduced funding from the Government to the Met? That certainly came as a surprise to me, as I thought that the Government had been very generous to the Metropolitan Police Service in terms of funding via the Greater London authority. She says that the-
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