Retail Trade: Crime
Commons · Question 8174 · Tabled 9 Oct 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that there are simplified reporting systems for retail crime from business owners.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 17 Oct 2024
Shoplifting has increased at 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.To that end, this Governmen...