3. Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps designed to prevent the increase in shoplifting from supermarkets.
§ The Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Dr. Shirley Summerskill)The Home Office Stand- 604 ing Committee on Crime Prevention is to consider the hon. Member's suggestion for an experiment in ways of reducing the incidence of shoplifting in food supermarkets.
Mr. AdleyI am grateful to the hon. Lady for that most helpful reply. I will leave it at that. I express my gratitude to her.