Shoplifting: Criminal Investigation
Commons · Question 12030 · Tabled 31 Oct 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on investigating shoplifting offences where the value of goods stolen is less than £200.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 7 Nov 2024
Shoplifting is a damaging crime, which soared under the previous government, and we are determined to remove any perception that offenders will escape punishment.To that end, this Government will end the effective immunity, introduced by the previous Gove...