PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Private security and community policing (14 October 2024)

Motion Details

That this House recognises the decimation of community police forces across the UK; highlights that since 2020 the private security industry has grown by 73,000 people; further highlights security guards are not a substitute for an effective police force; urges the Government to assess the damage shoplifting and spending on private security is doing to our high streets; and requests that the Home Office works with police forces to restore community policing across the UK.

Sponsored by:
Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Liberal Democrat
17
81%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
10%
 
 
Independent
1
5%
 
 
Green Party
1
5%
 
Sponsor List (21 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
LD
Alex Brewer
North East Hampshire
LD
Jess Brown-Fuller
Chichester
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
LD
Charlotte Cane
Ely and East Cambridgeshire
LD
Wendy Chamberlain
North East Fife
Green
Ellie Chowns
North Herefordshire
LD
Victoria Collins
Harpenden and Berkhamsted
LD
Sarah Dyke
Glastonbury and Somerton
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
LD
Liz Jarvis
Eastleigh
Ind
Ayoub Khan
Birmingham Perry Barr
LD
Mr Angus MacDonald
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
LD
Helen Maguire
Epsom and Ewell
LD
Calum Miller
Bicester and Woodstock
LD
Sarah Olney (Sponsor)
Richmond Park
LD
Ian Roome
North Devon
LD
Dr Roz Savage
South Cotswolds
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
LD
Lisa Smart
Hazel Grove
LD
Luke Taylor
Sutton and Cheam

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