Shaun Davies, MP for Telford has backed a new bill to tackle low-level crime and see 'yobs' removed from Telford’s streets.
He welcomed the Government's new Crime and Policing Bill that was discussed in Parliament during a second reading on March 10.
He welcomed the Government's new Crime and Policing Bill that was discussed in Parliament during a second reading on March 10.
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00:00There are many areas where the British people have had to put up with decline and decay
00:07over the last 14 years, but the breakdown of law and order might be the most profound.
00:15Victims felt unprotected, criminals went unpunished and crimes simply went unchecked. Meanwhile,
00:22the law-abiding majority looked on in horror, police officers felt frustrated and without
00:29the tools to act. So I'm delighted to be supporting this Bill that starts to turn the
00:34tables on 14 years of neglect. I welcome the Government's plans to introduce 13,000 extra
00:43neighbourhood police officers and put a named police officer in every community, to introduce
00:50respect orders and real punishments for the so-called low-level crime such as antisocial
00:56behaviour and off-road bikes that have plagued communities thanks to Tory amnesty, to protect
01:04retail workers, including scrapping the Tory shoplifters' charter that's decriminalised
01:10theft under £200. I remember speaking to shop workers in my constituency in Telford
01:15during the general election who talked about the yobs walking into the shop, nicking items
01:21off the shelves and walking straight out because they knew the police would take no action,
01:26to create a duty to report child sexual abuse and increase sentencing for the monsters who
01:32organise child grooming, to crack down on knife crime, on selling weapons to under-18s
01:39and give power to seize and destroy bladed articles and so much more, all within months
01:46of this Home Secretary taking office. I urge the Government to go further to strengthen
01:53neighbourhood policing, which is at the heart of its mission to take back our streets. Increasing
01:59powers for police officers to tackle antisocial behaviour is among the most important measures
02:05in this Bill, but we mustn't stop there. There are CSOs, there are local authority
02:10enforcement officers who do vital work in supporting the police and being friendly faces
02:16in our communities, and they too should be given the powers to deal with these low-level
02:21antisocial behaviour and also the yobs on our streets. We can also make our streets
02:27safer by introducing stand-alone deportation orders for foreign national offenders who
02:33endanger public safety. This Government have deported over 3,000 criminals since taking
02:40office, but often after several thousands of pounds have been spent in the criminal
02:46justice system. I also welcome Clause 105, which requires registered sex offenders to
02:52notify the authorities if they change their names. Again, it's about helping the public
02:57feel safe and secure. They'll know that someone convicted of sex offences isn't hiding
03:03amongst them, and victims will know that they aren't somewhere repeating their crimes
03:08going undetected because of this ridiculous legal loophole. When we were elected, we promised
03:15our constituents that we would help them take back control of their streets. The first priority
03:22of any government is to keep its citizens safe, at home, at the border and around the
03:28world. And for the last 14 years, it has been a source of national shame that we didn't
03:34do that. There's a lot of work to do to restore public trust, but with this Bill, we will
03:38make vital first steps towards protecting victims, punishing criminals and preventing
03:44crime. And let me just finish on this note. The Shadow Home Secretary said that there
03:49was an unnecessary or regrettable general election. In my constituency of Telford, they
03:56voted for change, and I urge the Government to get it done.