Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 903982

Retail Trade: Crime

Tabled: 1 May 2025

Answered: 9 May 2025

Named Day

Question

Lewis Cocking

Conservative — Broxbourne

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure increased prosecution rates for retail crime.

Answer

Lucy Rigby

This Government’s Safer Streets Mission will drive forward the change we need to crack down on shoplifting – a crime that is blighting our communities.As Solicitor General, I superintend the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which prosecutes shoplifting an...

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