PPC Discusses Cutting Crime At Lib Dem Conference

5.33.54pm GMT Sat 5th May 2007

James Keeley, Parliamentary Spokesman for Ripon, met Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Nick Clegg MP at the recent Lib Dem Conference in Harrogate.

"I was very pleased to have the opportunity to talk to Nick. He has a real understanding of how crime causes misery to people."

Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Nick Clegg MP said,

"It is clear to me that Labour's posturing and tough talk on crime has done nothing to cut crime.

"The people of Ripon are living with the consequences of having a Labour government more interested in catching headlines than criminals.

"By contrast, at our conference, Liberal Democrats voted for a strong set of proposals called Together We Can Cut Crime.

"It outlines our Five Steps To A Safer Britain: put more police on the streets rather than waste money on ID cards; restore honesty to sentencing; make education and training in prisons compulsory; make prisoners who work pay into a victims compensation fund and give communities more powers to close problem pubs and clubs.

"This plan is an example of real policies which work in practice, not just tough talk from Blair and Brown."