Sarah Jones: “ASB Awareness Week is a timely reminder that tackling this issue is a shared mission. This Government will not stop…”

Let us never forget that the frustration we see in our communities today is a product of chaos and crisis in the years that preceded the general election of 2024.

Let me therefore make clear to the House and to the country that disorder of any kind will never be tolerated and those who cross the line from peaceful protest into illegality will face the full force of the law.

Respect Orders will ban perpetrators from the places they blight, force them to confront the causes of their behaviour and make breaching one a criminal offence with serious consequences, including prison.

Shop theft has fallen once again - and is 4% down on last year. These figures show our approach is working. But we will not stop here.