A question on #RetailTrade #Crime tabled by Liam Conlon on 21-05-2025 has been answered by Dame Diana Johnson.

Heading: Retail Trade: Crime
Question ID: 1805126
UIN: 54126
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-21
Asking Member ID: 5132
Asking Member display name: Liam Conlon
Asking Member handle: LiamConlon2
Asking Member Twitter reference: @LiamConlon2
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) shoplifting and (b) violence against shopworkers (i) in Beckenham and Penge constituency and (ii) nationally.
Is named day: false
Date of holding answer:
Date answered: 2025-06-06
Date answer corrected:
Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 1533
Answering Member display name: Dame Diana Johnson
Answering Member handle: DianaJohnsonMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @DianaJohnsonMP
Correcting Member ID:
Correcting Member display name:
Correcting Member handle:
Correcting Member Twitter reference:
Answer text: This Government is committed to tackling retail crime and is absolutely clear that everybody has a right to feel safe at their place of work. Through our Crime and Policing Bill, we have introduced a standalone offence of assaulting a retail worker to pro...
Original answer text:
Comparable answer text:
Answering body ID: 1
Answering body name: Home Office
Tweeted: true