Tackling Shop theft

Justice and Home Affairs Committee Open Inquiry
Opened: 13 May 2024 Parliament page
The House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee conducted a short inquiry into responses to shoplifting, including the Pegasus initiative. The committee published a letter on the tackling shoplifting inquiry on 5 November 2024 and the Government repsonse was published on 27 November 2024.
2 Oral sessions
3 Letters
3 Events
Activity timeline 6 events
17 Jul
2026
Correspondence
27 Nov
2024
Correspondence
5 Nov
2024
Correspondence
8 Oct
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 2, Palace of Westminster
3 Sep
2024
Oral evidence
21 May
2024
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
3 Sep 2024
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Adam Ratcliffe · Safer Business Network CIC James Lowman · Association of Convenience Stores Paul Gerrard · The Co-op Professor Emmeline Taylor · City, University of London Sophie Jordan · National Association of Business Crime Partnerships
21 May 2024
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Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman · National Police Chief's Council Detective Chief Superintendent Jim Taylor · National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) Katy Bourne OBE · Association of Police and Crime Commissioners
Correspondence 3 letters
17 Jul 2026 Letter dated 17 July 2026 from the Chair of the Justice and Home Affairs Committee to Sarah Jones MP, Minister of State (Minister for Policing and Crime) following up on the Committee's 2024 inquiry and letter on shop theft in 2024
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27 Nov 2024 Letter dated 26 November 2024 from the Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP, Minister for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee in response to the Committee's earlier letter of 4 November regarding shop theft.
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5 Nov 2024 Letter dated 4 November 2024 from the Rt Hon Lord Foster of Bath PC, Chair Justice and Home Affairs Committee to the Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson MP, Minister for Policing, Crime and Fire Prevention, Home Office regarding the outcome of the Committee's short inquiry into shop theft.
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