PET THEFT REFORM
Plenty of times as an MP when you feel like you're banging your head against a brick wall. Pleased that after a long campaign it certainly seems like we've got a successful outcome. From my own perspective this started with me leading a debate in Parliament on the matter and then holding meetings with Government [...]PET THEFT REFORM
This week I’ve written about the pressing need for pet theft reform and how this campaign has become even more important during the Covid-19 lockdown. Cases of pet theft have increased significantly since lockdown begun, robbing people of their pets just when their companionship is needed most. This cruel crime causes great distress to victims [...]Pet Theft
I’ve now tabled a series of written questions to the Home Secretary and Justice Secretary on pet theft. I’ve worked closely with some of the founders of the pet theft petition I held a discussion with last month to craft these questions and ensure they go right to the point about the need for pet [...]Pet Theft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPFaQzzxfPoPET THEFT
I have now co-signed a letter to the Lord Chancellor with the Chair of the Petitions Committee about the pressing need for pet theft reform. This follows my virtual meeting with the Stolen and Missing Pets Alliance earlier this month where we presented their petition calling for pet theft to be made a specific offence [...]PET THEFT REFORM
Tomorrow I will be leading discussing looking Pet Theft Reform. In total 117,453 people have signed a House of Commons petition calling for the Animal Welfare Act to be reformed to make pet theft a specific offence. Originally this was going to be a full Parliamentary debate but as a result of COVID-19 I will [...]It’s time to rid Ipswich streets of crime, no matter how petty
During the election campaign I knocked on thousands of doors across Ipswich and by far crime and anti-social behaviour was the number one issue people raised with me. All too often, residents tell me they are scared of going into their own town centre.