Sub-committee chairman, the Conservative MP Michael Fallon, said they heard evidence that councils including Westminster, Slough and Manchester had been given reduced funding, because of "inaccurate statistical data".

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Newark MP Patrick Mercer, who is going to chair a Commons sub-committee on counter-terrorism, said the intelligence network had to be properly spread across the country.

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Alun Cairns, the Vale of Glamorgan MP, said a barrage would mean huge road infrastructure through his constituency and a sub-station would need to be built in Barry.

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