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Shoplifting

Commons · Question 4186 · Tabled 4 Sep 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 13 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the increase in shoplifting.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 13 Sep 2024

Shoplifting has increased to an unacceptable level in recent years, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job.This Government will end th...