Ayoub Khan argued that West Midlands Police lacks the officers and long-term funding needed for visible community policing, while warning that stronger enforcement must not mean racial profiling or miscarriages of justice; the minister pointed to a £36.9m funding rise, targeted serious crime grants and a pledge of 13,000 extra neighbourhood police nationally by the end of the Parliament, but did not resolve calls for wider funding formula reform.

Police Efficiency appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Commons Chamber on 5 Jan 2026, with 6 speakers contributing 12 speeches.

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