Sep
03
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 [...]
Jul
31
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 [...]
Jul
15
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 [...]Jun
23
Pet Theft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPFaQzzxfPoJun
17
PET 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 [...]
Jun
02
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 [...]
Jan
11
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.
Oct
23
ANIMAL WELFARE SENTENCING BILL
Spoke today in support of the Animal Welfare Bill which will increase the maximum prison sentences for animal cruelty from just 6 months to a far more appropriate 5 years. This is a private members Bill which is being brought forward by my colleague Chris Loder MP. A large part of the debate was spent [...]Oct
22
LEADING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION DEBATE
It was a big day on Monday because just after leading a pet theft debate, I also led another one on illegal immigration. But I share the exasperation of hundreds of constituents who have written in to me about the porous nature of our border in the English Channel and I thought it was important [...]Jun
05