| Heading: |
Retail Trade: Organised Crime |
| Question ID: |
1805709 |
| UIN: |
54428 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5050 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lewis Cocking
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| Asking Member handle: |
_LewisCocking
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@_LewisCocking
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help end the use of (a) vape shops, (b) barbers and (c) other high street businesses by organised crime groups. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-06 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1533 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Dame Diana Johnson
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| Answering Member handle: |
DianaJohnsonMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@DianaJohnsonMP
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
There are a range of powers available to deal with criminal use and exploitation of high street properties. Authorities can use closure powers under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to close quickly premises which are being used, or ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |