Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Matthew Patrick Excerpts
Monday 24th February 2025

(1 month, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Yvette Cooper Portrait Yvette Cooper
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I can reassure the hon. Member that dangerous and antisocial behaviour involving e-bikes will be covered by the legislation we are introducing tomorrow to tackle vehicles and off-road bikes used in antisocial behaviour, so that we can keep streets and communities safe.

Matthew Patrick Portrait Matthew Patrick (Wirral West) (Lab)
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T8.  Antisocial behaviour is too common on the Wirral and it ruins lives. This morning I spoke to my constituent Henry, who told me that having groups of youths hanging outside, intimidating and damaging property, made him feel like a prisoner in his own home. What more can be done to tackle such abuse and to support victims?

Yvette Cooper Portrait Yvette Cooper
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My hon. Friend is right to raise this issue. Too often antisocial behaviour is dismissed as a low-level crime, yet it can make people’s lives a complete misery. That is why we need more neighbourhood police back on our streets, working in communities to prevent and tackle the kinds of problems that communities face.