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I understood from what Mr Leathley said that the actual growth in passenger numbers outstripped his expectations and that many of those extra passengers came from unexpected places.
The previous Government had eight years to recruit the extra officers our forces desperately needed, but Labour did not promise a single extra police officer during the election campaign and the Lib Dems made just a token gesture.
There is a general consensus that they will not receive any punishment, and that is where we need the extra reinforcement from bodies that are able to enforce fines or other measures against people who are repeat offenders.
I hope that, once we have the national facility and all five CCUs up and running, we will not require that extra capacity, but it is there if it is needed.
I know from speaking to members who received the benefits that it used to be possible to get back in the 1980s that people were able to get housing benefit, and that they could get an extra £10 a week in unemployment benefit to set up as a small business.