Written Question·Home Office·UIN 40924

Delivery Services: Crimes against the Person

Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Alison Bennett

Liberal DemocratMid Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the benefits of extending protections for retail workers to retail delivery drivers in the Crime and Policing Bill.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Under the previous government, shop theft soared to record highs, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers. We won’t stand for this because everybody has a right to feel safe at their place of work. To tackle the unaccepta...

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