Question follow-through · 11313

Theft: Plants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the increase in the theft of (a) laurel plants and (b) other horticultural stock from rural properties; and what steps a

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
22 Jun 2026
Answer
20 Jul 2026 · 32 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the increase in the theft of (a) laurel plants and (b) other horticultural stock from rural properties; and what steps a

  2. 22 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    This Government is introducing comprehensive policing reforms to strengthen neighbourhood policing and ensure forces have the capability to respond to the crimes that matter most to their communities, including in rural areas.Through the Neighbourhood Pol...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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