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Merger Of Sussex Police

EDM number 1121 in 2005-06, proposed by Peter Bottomley on 28/11/2005.

That this House believes it is important that police forces continue to build and maintain strong links with local communities and that Sussex is best served by retaining a stand-alone police force; further believes that the Government's proposals to require mergers between existing forces could make them more distant from the communities that they serve; further believes that the Government's proposed amalgamation of Sussex Police with another force or forces risks it becoming detached from the community it serves, thus defeating the aims of the current proposals; and does not properly take account of the needs of the vast and diverse area served by Sussex Police; and further believes that the alternatives for the region provide unacceptable and retrograde solutions for policing the communities of southern England.

This motion has been signed by a total of 14 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Peter Bottomley28/11/2005Worthing WestConservativeProposed
Bob Spink29/11/2005Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Nigel Waterson29/11/2005EastbourneConservativeSeconded
Tim Loughton29/11/2005East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSeconded
Nick Herbert29/11/2005Arundel and South DownsConservativeSeconded
Iris Robinson29/11/2005StrangfordDUPSeconded
Paul Flynn29/11/2005Newport WestLabourSigned
William McCrea30/11/2005South AntrimDUPSigned
Mike Hancock30/11/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
James Gray01/12/2005North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Andrew Rosindell05/12/2005RomfordConservativeSigned
David Simpson06/12/2005Upper BannDUPSigned
Michael Mates07/12/2005East HampshireConservativeSigned
John Hemming12/12/2005Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned

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