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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 18 May 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Robert Buckland (CON - South Swindon) I recognise the deep distress that the theft of a much-loved pet can cause, which is why laws are already - Speech Link
2: Robert Buckland (CON - South Swindon) Those who minimise pet theft forget that it is often the thin end of a wedge and it might even involve - Speech Link
3: Robert Buckland (CON - South Swindon) people from the awful crime of pet theft and ensure that action is taken against those who perpetrate - Speech Link
4: Kit Malthouse (CON - North West Hampshire) In my role as Policing Minister, I will work closely with police and crime commissioners to make sure - Speech Link
5: Kevin Hollinrake (CON - Thirsk and Malton) “failure to prevent economic crimeoffence at corporate level, and to make it a criminal offence? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safe Streets for All - Mon 17 May 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) specific criminal offence? - Speech Link
2: Nick Thomas-Symonds (LAB - Torfaen) the system and a Minister tasked with the responsibility of driving change through; tougher sentences - Speech Link
3: Caroline Nokes (CON - Romsey and Southampton North) It is not currently a specific crime, but it should be. - Speech Link
4: David Lammy (LAB - Tottenham) We plan to make misogyny a hate crime—will the Secretary of State do it? - Speech Link
5: Robert Buckland (CON - South Swindon) regard to strengthening the law will make us a world leader in dealing with the sad menace of online - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
A Brighter Future for the Next Generation - Thu 13 May 2021
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Chris Grayling (CON - Epsom and Ewell) clear timetable and with a clear commitment. - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) I believe that the only way to stop that is to make it a criminal offence to try to enter this country - Speech Link
3: Huw Merriman (CON - Bexhill and Battle) There has been an 84% increase in knife crime since 2014, with almost 50,000 offences caused by a knife - Speech Link
4: Henry Smith (CON - Crawley) on people who want to provide a loving home to a pet. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
2nd reading Day 2 - Tue 16 Mar 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Tracey Crouch (CON - Chatham and Aylesford) offence and stronger punishment for pet theft. - Speech Link
2: Pauline Latham (CON - Mid Derbyshire) criminal offence if they have sex with a child—defined as a person under the age of 18—with whom they - Speech Link
3: James Wild (CON - North West Norfolk) Extending the offence of arranging a child sex crime will close a gap in criminal law. - Speech Link
4: Jeff Smith (LAB - Manchester, Withington) Why not make street harassment a crime? - Speech Link
5: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) Labour’s proposals to increase minimum sentences for rapists and stalkers, to make misogyny a hate crime - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Covid-19: Animal Welfare - Tue 16 Mar 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Alex Davies-Jones (LAB - Pontypridd) There has been a dramatic rise in pet theft throughout lockdown and, sadly, those pets are being transported - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) acquire a pet, mainly because of costs. - Speech Link
3: James Daly (CON - Bury North) I have a pet dog, Bertie, who is, along with many other things, the light of my life. - Speech Link
4: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) on pet theft needs to be updated. - Speech Link
5: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) On pet theft generally, raised by a number of hon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
2nd reading Day 1 - Mon 15 Mar 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Priti Patel (CON - Witham) As we pledged in our manifesto, we will make it a criminal offence to live in a vehicle on land without - Speech Link
2: Nick Thomas-Symonds (LAB - Torfaen) The proposals create a new offence of residing on land without consent in or with a vehicle. - Speech Link
3: Harriet Harman (LAB - Camberwell and Peckham) Why should women and girls have to put up with it? Let us make that a criminal offence. - Speech Link
4: Iain Duncan Smith (CON - Chingford and Woodford Green) of the reintroduction of licences for pet ownership.Pet theft is a serious offence and I would like - Speech Link
5: Gareth Johnson (CON - Dartford) to make a difference. - Speech Link
6: Alex Davies-Jones (LAB - Pontypridd) to make a difference. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Wed 03 Feb 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) offence is so aggravated.”This amendment would make an offence covered by this Bill more serious for - Speech Link
2: None This simple amendment would make it a more serious animal cruelty offence for the purpose of sentencing - Speech Link
3: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) Section 127(1) of the Communications Act 2003 creates a specific offence of sending grossly offensive - Speech Link
4: Chris Loder (CON - West Dorset) over 1,000 a year, with a conviction rate of around 80%. - Speech Link
5: Daniel Zeichner (LAB - Cambridge) with a log and stabbed with a pen, a squirrel set on fire, and a driver putting down chips in a road - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 23 Oct 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Tom Hunt (CON - Ipswich) There was one on pet theft, and I assumed that, as we are a nation of animal lovers, the law on pet theft - Speech Link
2: Jane Stevenson (CON - Wolverhampton North East) The impact of that is devastating on owners and I still feel that we need a specific offence for pet - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Pet Theft - Mon 19 Oct 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Tom Hunt (CON - Ipswich) Pet theft is a sickening and depraved crime. - Speech Link
2: Peter Gibson (CON - Darlington) The theft of a pet is already a criminal offence under the Theft Act 1968, with a maximum penalty of - Speech Link
3: David Amess (CON - Southend West) offence with custodial sentences. - Speech Link
4: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) offence for pet theft, with a two-year custodial penalty, would really help much. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Services - Wed 16 Oct 2019
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) sit down with victims of knife crime when they come into A&E and make an intervention at that vulnerable - Speech Link
2: Colleen Fletcher (LAB - Coventry North East) the country, with rates of violent crime rising by more than a third in the past 12 months. - Speech Link
3: Mohammad Yasin (LAB - Bedford) , yet he had to deal with a surge in serious violent crime with fewer officers than he had in 2010 and - Speech Link
4: Christian Matheson (LAB - City of Chester) custodial sentences, despite the fact that they admit that the probation service is a complete mess - Speech Link