Adjournment on police and crime commissioners
26 April 2012 (updated on 26 April 2012)
Wayne David, Labour MP for Caerphilly, moved an adjournment debate in the House of Commons on 25 April on elections for police and crime commissioners
Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office, Mark Harper, responded to the debate on behalf of the Government. Watch and read the debate and the views expressed by MPs on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard.
- Parliament TV: Debate on police and crime commissioners
- Commons Hansard: Debate on police and crime commissioners
- Topics: Crime
Adjournment debates
Adjournment debates provide MPs with an opportunity to debate local or national issues and to receive a response from a government Minister. There is a half-hour adjournment debate at the end of each day’s sitting. MPs apply for an adjournment debate to the Speakers Office where a ballot takes place every Thursday.
Adjournment debates allow backbench MPs to hold a general open-ended debate on a subject or a government policy without reaching a formal decision about it.