Respect Orders and Antisocial Behaviour

Shaun Davies Excerpts

Wednesday 27th November 2024 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)]

Order. I say to the Minister that detailed answers are very well enjoyed here, but we have a lot of people to get in with this statement. I call a member of the Home Affairs Committee.

[Shaun Davies (Telford) (Lab)]

In a recent survey of residents of Telford, it was overwhelmingly clear that they had had enough of the inaction of the past 14 years. I welcome the respect orders coming into the police officer toolkit. Can the Minister confirm that they will give the authorities the power to seize and crush off-road bikes, to seize booze off drunken yobs and to deal with those who consume drugs in our town centres? We also need a return to neighbourhood policing, so that we have coppers back on the streets, patrolling their communities.

[Dame Diana Johnson]

I am mindful of your instruction, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I can absolutely say that this is about rebuilding that neighbourhood presence to put those police officers, PCSOs and specials back in our communities and deal with exactly the issues that my hon. Friend has raised, with people drinking, taking drugs, riding vehicles and causing harassment, alarm, and distress.