Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mike Amesbury and Jeremy Wright

Thursday 21st December 2017 Commons Chamber

[The Attorney General]

I rather agree with the hon. Gentleman, and his experience as police and crime commissioner will underline what he has just said. We need to do more, and we are. There is a joint fraud taskforce, as he may know, which involves not just the criminal justice agencies but the banks and other organisations. In addition, the Home Secretary has announced the creation of the National Economic Crime Centre, which will do a better job of co-ordinating our activities against economic crime of all kinds.

[Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab)]

6. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on tackling knife crime.