A question on #DeliveryServices #CrimesOfViolence tabled by Ian Byrne on 24-04-2025 has been answered by Dame Diana Johnson.

Heading: Delivery Services: Crimes of Violence
Question ID: 1796945
UIN: 47845
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-24
Asking Member ID: 4831
Asking Member display name: Ian Byrne
Asking Member handle: IanByrneMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @IanByrneMP
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider including retail home delivery drivers within the definition of assaults on retail workers.
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Date answered: 2025-05-02
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 1533
Answering Member display name: Dame Diana Johnson
Answering Member handle: DianaJohnsonMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @DianaJohnsonMP
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Answer text: 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...
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Answering body ID: 1
Answering body name: Home Office
Tweeted: true