Chris
Williamson MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Fire and Emergency Services, commenting on
the Home Office’s statement on adding fire and rescue inspections to HMIC’s
responsibilities, said:
“After
an unclear Home Office statement, Ministers must tell the public exactly what
extra resources, staff and expertise will actually be provided.
“If
today’s statement is really a cloak for cuts to existing fire and rescue
inspectors, and over-stretching the inspectors of the police services, it will
be strongly opposed. The police and the fire service both need expert and
thorough inspection, and the public will be right to demand that they have it.
Labour will oppose any cuts to the inspection regimes under the guise of
efficiency and savings.”
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