Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

Conservative — Solihull West and Shirley

Speaking in the House of Commons on 8 June 2026

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I listened carefully to the Minister’s response to my hon. Friend the Member for Broadland and Fakenham (Jerome Mayhew), but the reality is that every day shopkeepers are facing abuse and threats and being stolen from. A direct consequence of the presumption in the Sentencing Act 2026 that those with a sentence of 12 months or less will not face prison is that there is no deterrent. Can the Minister genuinely say that our streets are safer as a result?

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