Oral Question·Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
“What steps he is taking to support the manufacturing and automotive sector.”
Tabled: 20 December 2018Answered: 8 January 2019
Asked by
Bridget Phillipson
Labour — Houghton and Sunderland South
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Policing and Crime (Sarah Jones)
We are giving the police the powers they need to bear down on shop theft, including making it a specific offence to assault retail workers and ending the effective immunity for shop thefts under £200. We are also fighting the organised gangs who often drive these crimes. Our £5 million investment in a specialist intelligence-led policing cell is bringing more criminals to justice.