Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce retail crime in Birmingham.

I would like to group this question with question 19. Following the recent police commitment to investigate all reasonable lines of enquiry I have made clear to forces I expect them to take a zero-tolerance approach to retail crime. The Home Office is supporting Pegasus which will provide a national picture of organised retail crime. I continue to work with the sector to tackle this important issue.