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Debate between Andrew Stephenson and Chris Heaton-Harris
Monday 7th July 2014
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Andrew Stephenson (Pendle) (Con)
1. What assessment she has made of the effect of serious and organised crime on communities.
Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con)
12. What assessment she has made of the effect of serious and organised crime on communities.
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mrs Theresa May)
Serious and organised crime has a damaging and corrosive impact on communities across the United Kingdom. This includes violence, drugs trafficking, fraud, modern slavery and child sexual exploitation. Reducing the effects of these crimes and bringing the perpetrators to justice is why I launched a comprehensive new strategy and a powerful new crime-fighting organisation, the National Crime Agency, in October 2013.