Debates between Yvette Cooper and Marie Tidball during the 2024 Parliament

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Debate between Yvette Cooper and Marie Tidball
Monday 21st October 2024

(1 month, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Marie Tidball Portrait Dr Marie Tidball (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab)
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Noisy off-road bikes speed around neighbourhoods such as Chapeltown in my constituency, deliberately disturbing and intimidating residents. Will the Home Secretary commit to properly tackling off-road bikes by giving the police the right powers to crack down on this issue?

Yvette Cooper Portrait Yvette Cooper
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My hon. Friend makes an important point, and I thank her for standing up for her community. We want to strengthen the law to give the police more powers to tackle the nightmare of dangerous off-road bikes.