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Article: Police defend translators bill Humberside Police have defended a rise in spending on hiring foreign language interpreters as a sound investment in their fight against crime.
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- Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
- Article date:
- June 23, 2007
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Humberside Police have defended a rise in spending on hiring
foreign language interpreters as a sound investment in their fight
against crime.
Last year the cost to local taxpayers was more than pounds320,000,
an increase of more than pounds16,000 on 2005/06.
The spending has come under fire from the Conservative Party,
which wants some of the money redirected to providing English
language lessons for immigrants.
The party's immigration spokesman, Damian Green, said: "This use
of resources is yet another reason why it is important for people to
learn English before they come here."
But Adil Khan, community and race relations officer for Humberside
Police, insisted interpreters were not a ...