Lee Barron MP seeks the return of a police station to Corby in Parliament

Lee Barron MP seeks the return of a police station to Corby in Parliamentary question

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00:00for continually raising them in this house.

00:02Lee Barron.

00:03Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker.

00:06In 2017 the police station in Corby was closed down.

00:10It was replaced by a policing hub on the second floor of a public building.

00:14That hub is now only open for two days per week

00:17and those on bail are asked to take selfies to demonstrate that they're meeting their bail conditions.

00:23Frankly, that's not good enough for the people of Corby.

00:26In light of that, public perception of local policing has been shattered

00:30and the view that local police are now somewhat remote.

00:33Would the Leader of the House support my campaign

00:36to bring back a police station and a dedicated response unit in Corby

00:40to return to true localised policing?

00:43Well look, there were a phenomenal number of police stations closed under the previous Conservative government,

00:51we've got to be honest about that,

00:52and community policing was left on its knees.

00:56We are determined to fix that.

00:57That's why we are bringing in more neighbourhood police officers, more PCSOs

01:02so that people can feel reassured with police out on the beat.

01:06And he may want to raise some of these issues

01:09in the forthcoming Crime and Policing Bill readings when we get them.

01:13It would be really helpful.