Part of Home Department – in the House of Commons at on 9 February 2026.
Shabana Mahmood
The Secretary of State for the Home Department
I am very pleased that the hon. Member raises that issue, and I am happy to look at the detail of what he has seen in his Constituency. Let me assure him that there is a lot of work happening with retailers, and I know that different platforms are being adopted. The pace of technological innovation in this area is very quick indeed, and we will do everything we can to make sure all these systems are joined up and that the police are in the best possible position to go after the criminals as quickly as possible.
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