Written Question·Home Office·UIN 18513

Wholesale Trade: Crimes of Violence

Tabled: 9 December 2024
Answered: 17 December 2024

Question

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

LabourWashington and Gateshead South

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to include provisions on the protection of wholesale workers in the Crime and Policing Bill.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Shop theft continues to increase at an unacceptable level, up 29% on year up to June 2024, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this. We won’t stand for this.Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job and this...

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