Alec questioned the spending decisions of West Yorkshire’s Police & Crime Commissioner during a recent question to the Prime Minister.
During the weekly question time event in the House of Commons, Alec asked if Prime Minister Theresa May agreed with him that it is “indefensible for the Labour police and crime commissioner in West Yorkshire to be raising the council tax precept when he has £120 million in reserves and underspent this year’s budget by £4 million?”
Mr Shelbrooke’s question was welcomed by MPs on the government backbenches who cheered as the Prime Minister rose to answer.
Mrs May replied: “It is of course for the directly elected police and crime commissioner for West Yorkshire to decide what to do about the police precept of council tax, as it is in every area that has a police and crime commissioner, but I would always encourage those commissioners to look at ways to introduce efficiencies into their forces before looking to increase local taxes. Over the past six years, we have seen that police forces can find sensible savings and reduce crime at the same time”.