Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:28 am on 12 September 2024.
Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Deputy Chairman of Committees, Deputy Speaker (Lords)
11:28,
12 September 2024
My Lords, when studying the NFU report, would my noble friend also have a look at the report of the all-party group on metal theft? It has not yet been reconstituted, but in the last Parliament it produced a report that showed that metal theft costs the UK economy around £1.5 billion each year and is conducted, in the main, by organised crime groups. Many of these crimes take place in rural areas and, of course, lead from churches is a particularly popular target. Would my noble friend agree that this a report that needs to be studied, and would he meet the members of the all-party group?