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HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourI will certainly add my hon. Friend’s constituency to the list—it is growing, which is always positive. Proposals on retail crime and assaults on retail workers will be included…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourIt is always helpful to have experienced and long-standing Members of Parliament to remind us of what has actually happened, because, as I pointed out earlier, there seems to be…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourCan I just say to the hon. Gentleman that I have not dismissed anything? I am very conscious of and take seriously my responsibilities in the allocation of resources for policing.…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Respect Orders and Antisocial BehaviourToday I am able to say that we are going to do that. My hon. Friend will have to wait a little longer for the details and the timetable, but that is certainly my intention.27 Nov 2024HANSARDCar Theft: Rural AreasThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I recently met the Agricultural Engineers Association to discuss the implementation of the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023,…25 Nov 2024HANSARDRetail CrimeMy hon. Friend paints a deeply upsetting and unacceptable picture of the impact that aggressive and repeated shop theft can have on retail workers. The worst thing is that we know…25 Nov 2024HANSARDRetail CrimeI do not know if it is just amnesia on that side of the House, but I think the Shadow Minister needs to reflect on what we actually inherited: PCSOs cut by 50%, specials down by…25 Nov 2024HANSARDRetail CrimeIn the last year of the previous Government, shop theft reached a record high, and we saw intolerable levels of abuse against shop workers, leaving people fearful of going to…25 Nov 2024HANSARDRetail CrimeThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. Shop theft went up by 21% in the previous year, which is totally unacceptable, and I hear very clearly what she says about her constituency of…25 Nov 2024HANSARDRetail CrimeI say gently to the hon. Member that he has to look at what this Government inherited from his Conservative Government after 14 years, during which neighbourhood policing was…25 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I said earlier, I have met representatives of the Agricultural Engineers Association to discuss the implementation of the secondary legislation that is required to deal with…25 Nov 2024HANSARDRetail CrimeThe shadow Home Secretary is shouting “When?” at me. We are working on this as quickly as we can, five months in, after 14 years of what the Conservatives did to our policing.25 Nov 2024HANSARDRetail CrimeI am grateful to my hon. Friend for highlighting USDAW’s findings and its tireless campaigning alongside the Co-op for the new stand-alone offence of assaulting a retail worker,…25 Nov 2024HANSARDRetail CrimeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that people in East Worthing and Shoreham and across the entire country want to know how this Government are going to tackle this epidemic. I…25 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis Government have made very clear what our priorities are around safer streets and where the focus should be for policing: on halving knife crime and halving violence against…25 Nov 2024HANSARDYoung People: Violent CrimeThe epidemic of knife crime that has grown over the last decade is devastating families and communities right across the country. That is why this Government have set ourselves an…25 Nov 2024HANSARDRetail CrimeThe hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. Policing alone cannot deal with this crime; we need to work hand in hand with businesses, as well as the trade unions. USDAW has…25 Nov 2024HANSARDYoung People: Violent CrimeI can certainly talk to Ministers in the Northern Ireland Office to discuss what we can learn from the proposed programme and the good practice we know exists already in many…25 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is another area where the new incoming Labour Government are having to look at powers and measures brought in by the previous Government. Live facial recognition can have…25 Nov 2024HANSARDCar Theft: Rural AreasI am pleased that this question is being asked, and it is important to note that this autumn, driven by the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for vehicle crime, the national…25 Nov 2024