United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL12492
Hospitality Industry: Crimes of Violence
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1 December 2025
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15 December 2025 · Answer
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15 December 2025
Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government whether those working in hospitality venues that sell restricted products such as alcohol, cigarettes and solvents will receive equal protection under the new offence of assaulting a retail worker under the Crime and Polici
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1 December 2025
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government whether those working in hospitality venues that sell restricted products such as alcohol, cigarettes and solvents will receive equal protection under the new offence of assaulting a retail worker under the Crime and Polici
Source: Lords
15 December 2025
Answer
Through our Crime and Policing Bill, this Government has introduced a new specific standalone offence of assaulting a retail worker to help tackle the epidemic of shop theft and violence towards shop workers that we have seen in recent years and protect t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-01/HL12492
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1858464
- uk · wq-1858464 · source updated 15 December 2025