Oral QuestionDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

“What recent steps her Department has taken to support small businesses.”

Tabled: 15 January 2020Answered: 21 January 2020

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Policing and Crime (Sarah Jones)

Around half of vehicle crime involves manipulation of signals from remote devices. Through the Crime and Policing Act 2026, we have criminalised the possession, importation, making, adapting and supplying of the electronic devices used to commit vehicle theft, which will make a real difference in my hon. Friend’s constituency.