Question follow-through · 48503
Crime and Policing Bill: Retail Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions has she had with retailers on the potential impact of the Crime and Policing Bill on the retail sector.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions has she had with retailers on the potential impact of the Crime and Policing Bill on the retail sector.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
Shop theft continues to increase at an unacceptable level, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe at their place of work.Through our Crime and Policing Bill...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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