Telford MP backs new bill to remove 'yobs' from Telford’s streets

Shropshire Star

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.

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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.

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