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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 19 November 2025

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

Many of these shop workers are female and most of them are earning less than the minimum wage, ethnically diverse and working late at night and early in the morning. It must be terrifying going into work and thinking that at any stage people can just come in and clear your shelves and there is nothing you can do about it. The new offence sends out the right signal that something should be done, and we fully support it.

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