Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Angela Eagle and Olly Glover

Monday 13th January 2025 Commons Chamber

[The Minister for Border Security and Asylum (Dame Angela Eagle)]

Yes. Foreign nationals who commit offences and are sentenced to 12 months in prison have no right to be here, and I can assure my hon. Friend that we will work tirelessly to ensure that they can be removed. The 23% increase in six months is a good start, but we will not take our foot off the gas.

[Olly Glover (Didcot and Wantage) (LD)]

T7. In my Oxfordshire constituency, residents are concerned about increased antisocial behaviour, particularly pickpocketing and shoplifting in our towns. Given that the last Conservative Government cut the number of police community support officers in the Thames valley area by more than half since 2015, what steps will the Minister be taking to ensure that the police are able to improve community policing in Oxfordshire towns such as Wallingford, Wantage and Didcot?