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This week on the Home Affairs Select Committee I was able to raise questions about police efficiencies with senior Home Office officials. As the government increases investment to put 13,000 extra police on the streets it’s important that local policing teams have the systems in place to support them. I also raised my concerns about recruitment issues in the Metropolitan Police. | Margaret Mullane for Dagenham and Rainham

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This week on the Home Affairs Select Committee I had the opportunity to question the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper MP. I asked about the new Respect Orders being brought in to tackle anti-social behaviour and raised the continuing concern of police abstractions and the impact of this on communities like ours. | Margaret Mullane for Dagenham and Rainham

This morning the Home Affairs Select Committee explored the Modern Slavery Act 2015 ten years on. I had the opportunity to ask about the challenges in the judicial system and how law enforcement works to support outcomes on modern slavery cases. | Margaret Mullane for Dagenham and Rainham