Order. Questions to the Prime Minister?

Mr Gordon Marsden.

Question 1, Mr. Speaker.

The Prime Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.

Mr. Gordon Marsden.

Mr. Speaker, may I associate myself and I hope the whole House with what the Prime Minister

and others from the government have said about the attacks in Paris.

No man or woman as an island, people from Blackpool were among those murdered on a Tunisian beach

and our tower was lit in red, white and blue like other places worldwide for those

killed by the terrorists in France.

I raised concerns with the Prime Minister here two weeks ago about neighbourhood policing

and security being threatened by the scale of proposed cuts and the Lancashire funding

formula which has now been admitted as flawed.

Can I ask him to reflect on the words, when facts change

I change my mind, and when police local intelligence can be crucial against terrorists,

perhaps this isn't the time to jeopardise it with arbitrary treasury targets for cuts?

Mr. Minister.

First of all, thank you very much.

I thank the Honourable gentleman for what he says about Paris and the importance of the

whole House coming together over this issue.

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