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Drugs: Organised Crime

Commons · Question 22097 · Tabled 6 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 14 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of making cuckooing a crime.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 14 Jan 2025

Cuckooing is an appalling practice associated with violence, exploitation and anti-social behaviour.The Government’s Safer Streets Mission aims to tackle these issues and we will make further announcements in the normal way in due course.