They are of course free to do so, but we have looked carefully at the law. However, I chair the national retail crime steering group, which brings retailers and police together to tackle retail crime, and I am happy to ask the police, in that forum, why retailers feel this way.
Offensive Weapons Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Victoria Atkins
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 28 November 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Legislative Grand Committee proceedings (HC) on Offensive Weapons Bill.
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