Robbery and Theft: Carshalton and Wallington

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 4:06 pm on 20 February 2024.

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Photo of Munira Wilson Munira Wilson Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education) 4:06, 20 February 2024

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point about reporting fatigue, but many criminals perpetrating the burglaries and robberies that I have heard about on Wallington high street in his constituency are acting with impunity because they know that there are not the police officers to get there. As he will be aware, due to cuts in policing over a number of years under the Conservative Government, and with abstraction rates in Sutton in particular being at an all-time high at 25% in the last quarter of last year, there are just not the police officers there. What is he doing to put pressure on his own Front Benchers to ensure that we boost the numbers of police officers on our streets—not just in Carshalton and Wallington, but in my constituency of Twickenham? It is a problem across London.