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Crime: Rural Areas

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Question for Home Office

UIN 906561, tabled on 25 April 2022

Question

Rob Butler
Conservative
Aylesbury
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle rural crime.

Answer

Kit Malthouse
Conservative
North West Hampshire
Commons

Answered on

25 April 2022

We are committed to driving down rural crime, which is why the Government is providing funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit.

We have also tabled amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill to introduce tougher sentencing and improved police powers for hare coursing.

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