Cllr Simon Spencer on behalf of the Conservative group if it helps your story:

"Whilst we welcome the public response to the proposals the paper presented today at the Fire Authority meeting provided no clarity to the public about what is really going to happen to the fire service in Derbyshire. 

Will it be Proposal B and therefore station closures by stealth? 

Or is the Labour controlling group going to make it up as they go along? 

What will fire cover and response times (a big issue for the public), be for Derbyshire in 2022? 

None of this was clear in this paper and that's why we chose to abstain."