- Question by: Lynne Featherstone
- Meeting date: 10 December 2003
Going back to the increased need for funding and the question of who pays if services are expanded. I think we have noticed here at the Assembly that if we put something in our budget like resilience the Government then does not fund it; the same with the income from Congestion Charging and local grants. Of course, now London funds many of the extra police officers and the Government has rewarded us with a £56 million deduction in our grant. Would Toby Harris agree that the Government cannot have it both ways as we discussed yesterday? They cannot claim credit...