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Shoplifting

EDM number 132 in 2008-09, proposed by Anne McIntosh on 04/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Administration of justice and Crime.

That this House notes that there were 290,625 recorded incidences of retail theft in 2007-08, that shoplifting offences attract Penalty Notices for Disorder (PND) which carry a fine of £80 and that 40 per cent. of all PND go unpaid; further notes that multiple PND are being issued to some individuals who have no means of payment or intention to pay, and that PND should only be issued when there is likelihood of payment; further notes that under 50 per cent. of all community orders were served in full in 2007; urges the Government to amend the Association of Chief Police Officer guidelines to ensure that the issuing of PND reflect police judgement that the individual has the capacity to pay, and that a PND is the most appropriate sentence in the circumstances; further urges the Government to ensure that the Police National Computer is maintained and updated at all times and does not allow for the issuing of repeat PND across constabularies; further urges the Sentencing Guidelines Council to ensure that community orders are completed in full, and that the sentencing guidelines are enforced to ensure that offenders with drink or drug problems are issued with sentences that recognise those problems with an appropriate rehabilitation order; and recommends that sentencing guidelines be revised to ensure that strict sentences are issued when a PND is not paid withn 21 days, or where repeat or aggravated offences are committed.

This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Anne McIntosh04/12/2008Vale of YorkConservativeProposed
Peter Bottomley08/12/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle08/12/2008ChorleyLabourSeconded
John Leech08/12/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew Dismore09/12/2008HendonLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones09/12/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Andrew George09/12/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Philip Davies10/12/2008ShipleyConservativeSigned
Janet Dean10/12/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins11/12/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Angela Watkinson11/12/2008UpminsterConservativeSigned
Frank Cook16/12/2008Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington16/12/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Peter Luff18/12/2008Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Clare Short12/01/2009Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
William McCrea12/01/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
Paul Rowen12/01/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned

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