That this House notes with concern that an estimated 78,000 people had phones or bags snatched from them in Britain in the year to March 2024; further notes that this represented a 153% rise when compared to the year to March 2023; acknowledges that 70% of all thefts in London are specifically related to mobile phones; recognises concerns that it is currently too easy to re-register mobile devices to new individuals; and calls on leading phone companies to do more to work with the police to design methods to discourage phone theft.
Signatories (37)
- Dawn Butler Sponsor
- Robin Swann
- Iqbal Mohamed
- Ms Diane Abbott
- Sorcha Eastwood
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy
- Margaret Mullane
- Kim Johnson
- Rachael Maskell
- John McDonnell
- Nadia Whittome
- Jon Trickett
- Brian Leishman
- Euan Stainbank
- Apsana Begum
- Steve Witherden
- Ian Byrne
- Will Stone
- Jim Shannon
- Wera Hobhouse
- Sam Rushworth
- Kate Osborne
- Mary Kelly Foy
- Chris Webb
- Ayoub Khan
- Peter Lamb
- Daisy Cooper
- Maureen Burke
- Imran Hussain
- Carla Denyer
- Ellie Chowns
- Sammy Wilson
- Cat Eccles
- Tristan Osborne
- Bob Blackman
- Andrew George
- Siân Berry
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UK Parliament EDM data