Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Stephen Pound Excerpts
Monday 29th October 2018

(5 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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It is worth reminding the House that there is a joint consultation across the Government between the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office and that it will lead to better powers, whatever the results.

Stephen Pound Portrait Stephen Pound (Ealing North) (Lab)
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The fact remains that the system simply is not working. This lawlessness is having a corrosive effect on local communities, and there have been catastrophic consequences for local government finance. Will the Home Secretary please listen to the suggestion that I have made many times before? We should use the number plates of these gleaming, glistening chariots that invade our open spaces and prosecute these malefactors through the identification of their vehicles.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Will the Home Secretary heed Pound?