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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 4 March 2026
Debate
Crime and Policing BillContribution
In evidence submitted to the Bill Committee in the Commons, the British Transport Police set out its support for creating a stand-alone offence of assaulting a public transport worker and highlighted the disparity that would arise if the Government legislated to afford additional protection to retail workers but not transport workers—and, by the same token, other workers too. They said:
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